Is there a possibility of pursuing scientific knoledge too far? how many secrets will nature share with us?

Question

I mean is there a limit in nature to our pursuit of knoweledge? is there a point when we can know too much?

Answer 1

You know something throughout history man has looked into common events with a deep yearning for more. Questions always needed answers. It's sad in a way that though science may have alleviated the miseries of pain and disease and replaced it by providing an array of gadgetry for our entertainment and convenience, it has also left us in a world without wonder. At one time a sunset was a miraculous thing now they have been reduced to wavelengths and frequencies. Mathematical equations have now explained the complexities of the universe . It may be that our Planet and its inhabitants are simply a meaningless cosmic accident. If you think about it mankind now lives in a state where more people feel more depressed and defeated than they have any point in human history. We've all been enlightened. The wonderment has left us. It seems as though nothing is sacred any longer. This vast world that once was filled with amazing curiosities has now been broken into smaller and smaller pieces in the quest for answers and solutions. In the end when we feel we have nothing left to discover, will we be satisfied then or will we be left with more questions?

Answer 2

I don't believe that there is a limit or real danger of knowing too much, for while questions lead to better questions, there is a process of "consilience" as E.O. Wilson phrased it, by which the various branches of knowledge tend to converge in a more "holographic" picture of reality. Humanity, as a species, already knows more than any individual could attain, however brilliant. It seems to me that we are rapidly approaching some sort of quantum leap of knowledge that will mark the transition of humanity from its adolescence to maturity. I am more hopeful than any any time in my life, having lived long enough to see the quiet progress that doesn't often grab the headlines..

Answer 3

No limit. Can't know too much. Nature will share all it's secrets BUT, will you accept the truth???

Answer 4

the nuclear bomb should answer your question, we know too much right now, too much of the wrong things, too much is never enough if it's too much of the right stuff....