# Domain of the Known, Range of the Unknown When I visit the grocery store, I almost always know what is going on throughout the store. The experience is very predictable, and it accompanies grocery stores anywhere in the USA since they follow similar designs. Roughly the same flow of traffic and the same layout of products. The products in the store are very similar across the country, with local differences that I can even account for based on the region of the country. The experience was very different when I was a child. Near my parents, the store felt familiar, but if I wandered too far, I would no longer know where I was, where I could go, and what I could do. At some point, the curiosity would fail and I would immediately search for my parents. The change in experience follows from a shift of faith in my limited knowledge to the idea of experiencing unlimited possibilities. I refer to the former and latter experiences as being either within the *Domain of the Known* or the *Range of the Unknown*. There are some things that can be said about each: #### Domain of the Known The domain of the known is predictable, and truth can be captured in words. It's clean and organized. Fair and just. ![[Known&UnknownWhiteboard.jpg]]