Uncertainty

Even though we fear the unknown we still have a desire to encounter it. Dostoevsky makes a valid point when he states that if  the unknown was taken away and we already knew our destiny, man would be bored. We would not know what to do with ourselves after we accomplish a certain goal we have strived for so long to complete. Once an athlete finishes his or her goal of winning the competition, they do not know what to do besides train for another competition and strive to win because to them that is normal. In the same way it is like checking off an item from a bucket list. Once you finish the last task, there is nothing more to do. As Dostoevsky points out, without uncertainty there is no point in really living. What is the point of knowing what your life will be like when your are 50 at the age of 12? If you already know something is going to happen, you take away the idea of hope and fate. Without them, you go through your day already knowing what will happen and suspense is thrown out the window.