or are there things that we cant possibly know?
2006-07-07 09:09:32 · 14 answers · asked by icantdrawanime 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
hmm... seems theres some confusion...
I meant the knowledge of humanity as a whole... basically, can we learn enough to do anything we can imagine?
The first step to reality is imagination...
2006-07-07 09:43:21 · update #1
Yes, since time exists, and time has no end. However, I feel that the human mind is not capable of holding all knowledge.
2006-07-07 09:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by M 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Knowledge is not infinite. But you cant possibly learn it. Knowledge always expands. From the beggining of time up until now there is tu much knowledge to be learned. If we new everything would we be able to do everything? No. Because there are laws in this world that cant be broken.
2015-04-21 19:55:07 · answer #2 · answered by Sasa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi "icantdrawanime"
Well, wouldn't infinite knowledge imply an infinite amount of information to know?
If that were the case, it could equally be argued that our ignorance of what is knowable is effectively infinite too.
Finally, the biggest difficulties with the question for me is that (A) as aspects of the universe change, so 'knowledge' changes and (B) as all of these aspects are relative anyway to minds that (the best way I can put this for now) "assemble" in non-linear ways (via both our five senses and the violitale pathways of our synaptic nerves) the concepts we mentally construct as our "knowledge", we can't even know if what we know is what we've known or know if that known will remain as we knew it for any indefinite period of time. (LOL ... I should stay out the philosophy section!)
2006-07-07 09:28:17 · answer #3 · answered by deidonis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The infinite nature of the Universe gives a clue that knowledge is therefore, infinite. Things that we can not possibly know also means, in another way, infinite
2006-07-07 09:24:06 · answer #4 · answered by pathmasiri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge is infinite. But that does not exclude the possibility of facts that remain unknown despite being researched
2006-07-07 09:17:17 · answer #5 · answered by japerron 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on whether the object of knowledge is finite or infinite. So the answer is yes and no.
2006-07-07 10:10:48 · answer #6 · answered by foxray43 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the universe is finite, then knowledge is finite as well - afterall, there is only so much you can know about something. If the universe is infinite, then how could we ever know everything about it?
2006-07-07 09:19:00 · answer #7 · answered by rlw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There is too much in life that goes unanswered. Even if you know everything, there's bound to come across something new that will surprise you. There's too much in the universe that is unexplained and we will never know about. So accept it.
2006-07-07 09:15:28 · answer #8 · answered by Opinion Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Niether...
Knowledge is infinite. and no one thing is outside the possibility of knowing.
2006-07-07 09:12:55 · answer #9 · answered by grimmy b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-07-07 09:12:39 · answer #10 · answered by somanyquestions 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋