…lf is a huge part of his appeal, I suspect, but that kind of certainty is dangerous in its own way. His seeming confidence in his mission rubs me the wrong way. But I have to concede that there is a danger in my epistemological humility, my eagerness to confess my uncertainty. I am so glad to be increasingly able to say I don’t know. But perhaps this is a time for some intellectual risk-taking. That requires a certain level of overconfidence I no longer aspire to. I even have trouble respecti…
