“I think you meant that we just can’t know. And that our brains fill in all the details, for good or for ill. We want to tell ourselves a story – any story – so we can get back to certainty,” I reply. “You know me! I am so desperate to know what’s going to happen. At least so I can prepare.”

“I think you meant that we just can’t know. And that our brains fill in all the details, for good or for ill. We want to tell ourselves a story – any story – so we can get back to certainty,” I reply. “You know me! I am so desperate to know what’s going to happen. At least so I can prepare.”

— Kate Bowler