Could a person learn everything that there is to learn and would there be a point to it?

Answer 1

I don't think our life-span is long enough to learn everything there is.
Sure, there'd be a point--to make the world a better place, to be happy....

Answer 2

No, one could not. The simple reason is nobody lives long enough. The more complex reason is that in almost every area of human endeavor, there is so much going on that learning all of that is almost impossible.
Take medicine: everyone's a specialist these days - because to learn absolutely everything about one area of medicine not only takes a great amount of time, it is necessary to go back to school every year just to keep up. That's what your doctor is doing when she or he goes to a convention. It's called "continuing education".
The same is true of all professions - even nursing (I'm one of those). Or flying - you can be the best pilot ever in an F-16 but you would not be capable of just hopping into all the rest of today's aircraft and safely flying them. You have to be trained and checked out thoroughly on every different plane you might fly.
See what I mean? Hey - you don't have to know everything, just know how to use the knowledge and skills of others in order to achieve your goals!

Answer 3

NO. it would be nearly impossible. Everything there is to know includes languages, and if that was easily attainable, we would h ave more fluent people than already in existence.

In addition, there would be no point. Some information is null and void by the time you learn it. See Also: Any field of Technology.

Answer 4

With at least ten thousand books published every month, just in English, it's hopeless.

Any individual is vastly outnumbered by the number of researchers turning out new material.

Knowing everything about a tiny speciality and broader, weaker, understanding of more is all that's possible.

There are implications for trust, truth and society. .

Answer 5

Knowledge is based on knowledge....

I would think if you knew everything it might create a new perception of reality due to the complete knowledge you posses.

At the point of knowing everything a new reality would spawn because the new variable is all knowledge is at work now so how could it think the same as before...

The new knowledge of (all knowledge) is the doorway to more knowledge.

Answer 6

Well... you learn things so that you can use them, or simply to enjoy the process of learning.

But it doesn't really mean anything "to learn everything". Learning is subjective and relative like anything else.

Answer 7

No---knowledge is infinite--human livespans and our capacity to learn are finite.

Answer 8

It will happen at the convergence of all souls....all are welcome and all thought is valid, every opinion of fact will be present....that is after our souls have been released from the meat.

Answer 9

No, and no.