<![CDATA[The LLM is Sandbagging Your "I Don't Know"]]>I’m 56, work as a data analyst, and I’ve spent five years sober. Early in recovery, the local circles were drowning in that saccharine “love and light” toxicity that just masks real work. What actually kept me grounded was learning to sit with the raw discomfort of not having an answer. In every contemplative tradition I’ve dug into—whether it’s shikantaza, Christian hesychasm, or just plain old breathwork—the whole point is the willingness to say “I do not know.” That surrender is the gateway. You don’t force clarity. You wait for it.

So when I recall reading a study from a cognitive psychology lab last year showing that heavy LLM use actually drops our tolerance for uncertainty, it hit me right in the chest. The more we prompt, the less we tolerate the gap between what we know and what we

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