Every Story Has Two Sides

This is the third article in the Mind Your Decisions “week of skepticism.” See the older articles on buying used products and self-serving financial advice.

Today I merely reflect on how humbling it can be to be wrong.

In Africa, two men stand at a river that they are about to cross when they notice crocodiles looking at them. “Are you afraid?” says one to the other. “Don’t you know that God is merciful and good?”

“Yes, I do,” says the frightened man. “But what if God suddenly chooses right now to be good to the crocodiles?”

–Elie Wiesel, Sages and Dreamers (quoted in Wise Words)