Negative capability

is the capability of artists to pursue ideals of beauty, perfection and sublimity even when it leads them into intellectual confusion and uncertainty.

Poet John Keats had been subsequently used in his poets.

「不確かさ、不思議さ、疑いの中にあって、早く事実や理由を掴もうとせず、そこに居続けられる能力」のことである。Keatsはこれが詩人にとって必要不可欠の能力と説いたのである p.79

Paul Graham “Revenge of the Nerds”

The disadvantage of believing that all programming languages are equivalent is that it's not true. But the advantage is that it makes your life a lot simpler. And I think that's the main reason the idea is so widespread. It is a comfortable idea.

アーティストや研究者の不確かさを不確かなままに受け止めるという誠実さと

コンサルのように、「答え」を求めている人達の手前、仮にでも言い切ってみるという精神性とがコンフリクトすることがある