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In order to know anything, we have to know everything

posted by tjbr52

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Ergo; we know nothing?

posted by badgerrr
over 2 years ago

We only know what we have learned; human babies are completely dependent.

Look at the size of the internet; there is no way we could ever possibly learn/know everything -- there is too much information.

posted by LifeLoveLaughter
over 2 years ago

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”

Albert Einstein

posted by GothamGal
over 2 years ago

What we have is the recipe for sloth. Since one cannot know everything, why even bother?

posted by LenRobertson
over 2 years ago

How about knowing a little about a lot of things and a lot about some thing?

I guess that is almost like knowing NOTHING! (or maybe just approaching the limit of ZERO.)

Ecclesiastes 1:18 "For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow."

Better to be stupid, stuffed and HAPPY!

Happy Thanksgiving!

posted by Bernie18
over 2 years ago

The more we know the more we understand our own ignorance. It's all about the learning, the quest. For me, I hope to learn enough, eventually, to carry a few meaningful questions with me to the next stage.

posted by ghostwalker51
over 2 years ago

No ONE knows everything. Our reason for living is to learn. When we stop learning, our consciousness, like our bodies, begins to die.

posted by merlinsflame
over 2 years ago

I see a lot of "dead men walking." Actually, they are "dead men sitting " (and gals, too), typing away without 2 brain cells firing in succession. It is when one claims he knows everything that he displays how ignorant he is.

posted by GothamGal
over 2 years ago

“In order to know anything, we have to know everything.” I think that is the basis for agnosticism.

However, we can make some good judgements based on a preponderance of evidence.