"What if the most dangerous thing in your life… is the feeling that you’re absolutely right?
In this episode, Rabbi Ron Li-Paz explores the hidden cost of certainty, why intellectual humility matters, and how curiosity can transform our relationships, conversations, leadership, and faith.
From the Titanic and Chernobyl to broken friendships and family divides, this conversation unpacks how certainty shuts doors, and how humility opens them again.
If you’ve ever struggled with conflict, ego, doubt, or truly listening to others, this episode is for you.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Faith vs certainty
01:09 - The most expensive feeling in human experience
01:49 - The cab driver who changed a pitcher’s career
04:10 - “Who is wise?” The rabbinic definition of wisdom
06:13 - Why humans are addicted to being right
09:22 - How algorithms reinforce certainty
12:12 - Real faith includes doubt and wrestling
14:14 - What disasters like Titanic & Chernobyl have in common
17:56 - The practice of intellectual humility
20:18 - Why humility leads to better relationships & longer lives
22:13 - Closing thoughts
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