Re #1: You ask: Once again "bad" and "good" are binaries. Be opposed to contradiction - look for certainty in things that are important to you but embrace contradiction because certainty is elusive. Light is both a wave and a particle. I imagine b_b or kleinbl00 can explain that better than I can. The things that are important: love, trust, fairness, justice, wisdom - can't be pinned down within the limitations of language and thought. These are behaviours. as for #2: You can be full of self-doubt and be a monster... but if you have self-doubt, change is more possible than if you are abolutely certain of your rightness."Why is being afraid/mistrustful/opposed to contradiction a bad thing? Conversely, why is embracing contradiction good?"