"The more I live, the more I learn; the more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know." -- Michel Legrand

I love explanations and answers but also am content not knowing when it is not (yet) possible to know.

I stopped fearing long ago and the world opened up. I realize that we don't know shit and love to see the looks on the faces of the religious when they can't deny that. It's the only thing that IS truly a fact.

I embrace the IDK of reality. I find not knowing everything increases my desires to learn more about things.

For many believers the IDK of reality is terrifying. If you are raised with a religious world view which answers most deep questions with assertions and thus trust those for security, then you do not grow into an acceptance of the IDK of reality. The notion from the believers side that I can blithely say IDK, and it does not really affect my day to day reality so I can leave that question to the Lawrence Krausses of the world (they have better math skills), is terrifying. So terrifying many will choose to believe we actually believe, rather than accept that people can accept the IDK of reality.

Nice to see I am not alone.

Until we know everything, we cannot know anything for certain. The last bit of evidence that we get might tip the balance of evidence to support the other side. I think this is the basis for agnosticism.

However, we cannot move forward in life being so uncertain that we cannot make any decision. So we go with the current preponderance of evidence to make our choice and move forward with our life. We must, at the same time, remain open to changing our mind with a new, different balance of evidence.

Yes, the older I get the less I’m sure of but continue to try and learn.

They did not call him the greatest living teacher for nothing.

Wow! That guy was very courageous and astute and as a Religious Naturalist I agree totally. It makes no sense to live in fear.

What matters in this world is this very moment. What has happened before is over, what will be you don't know so now matters.

The closer our approximations to reality are to the realities we face, the better we can respond to our environment and the forces within it. That requires a constant search to improve our approximations. To not want to learn is to seek to be under the control of our environment with no choices available to us.