19 February

Emotions and feelings I think are our guides to what is true. The emotions you often see when people are trying to understand something are: 1) righteousness, and 2) numinosity - the sense of something ‘profound’. Both of those, I would say, are terrible guides. They’re emotions that express and reinforce our current beliefs, not discovery. Archimedes already taught us the emotion that corresponds with true understanding. The emotion of joy and surprise. Eureka! Translated from the Ancient Greek, it means “I found it!” The truth will always be something simple and highly SPECIFIC, will surprise you and will fill you with joy. In every case. Even the truths of politics.