Uncertainty is a "way" of avoiding mistakes, and responsibility. It is based upon the fallacious premise that if
no decision is made, nothing can go wrong. Being "wrong" holds untold horrors to the person who tries to conceive of himself as perfect. He is never wrong, and always perfect in all things. If he were ever wrong his picture of a perfect, all powerful self would crumble. Therefore, decision-
making becomes a life-or-death matter. One "way" is to avoid as many decisions as possible,
and prolong them as much as possible. Another "way" is to have a handy scapegoat to blame. This type of person makes decisions—but he makes them hastily, prematurely, and is well-known for going off half-cocked. Making decisions offers him no problem at all. He is perfect. It is
impossible for him to be wrong in any case. Therefore, why consider facts or consequences? He is able to maintain this fiction when his. decisions backfire, simply by convincing himself it was someone else's fault. It is easy to see why both types fail. One is continually in hot water
from impulsive and ill-considered actions, the other is stymied because he will not act at all. In other words, the "Uncertainty" way of being right doesn't work.
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