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1 " Myths, whether in written or visual form, serve a vital role of asking unanswerable questions and providing unquestionable answers. Most of us, most of the time, have a low tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty. We want to reduce the cognitive dissonance of not knowing by filling the gaps with answers. Traditionally, religious myths have served that role, but today — the age of science — science fiction is our mythology. "
― Michael Shermer
2 " Perhaps real wisdom lies in not seeking answers at all. Any answer we find will not be true for long. An answer is a place where we can fall asleep as life moves past us to its next question. After all these years I have begun to wonder if the secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company. "
― Rachel Naomi Remen , My Grandfather's Blessings : Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging
3 " Life is full of unanswerable questions including how to live and what to live for. It takes extreme courage to live honestly by a person’s beliefs and never rest until a person achieves the type of life that he or she envisions. "
4 " Salem is in part a story of what happens when a set of unanswerable questions meets a set of unquestioned answers. "
― Stacy Schiff , The Witches: Salem, 1692
