how can knowledge exist without a person to understand it?
2007-09-18 23:44:57 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-09-18 23:48:33 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Wassef 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not necessarily, truth is based on scientific fact. scientific fact is based on the scientific methodology, or the scientific process that states there are universal laws which govern mass and structure, time and space..etc. They are observable and mesurable and constant. so the actual truth is something that can be observed, obeys unervisal laws, yet stays static through time and space.
Just because a group of people believe something it doesn't make it true for all mankind.
i find your question a lil perplexing.(does anyone pay attention in school at all)...for example if 100 people believed we were made from cream filling like a twinky would it be true? how about 1000 or 1,000,000?
firstly the definition of knowledge: 1) The state or fact of knowing, 2) Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study 3)The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned 4)Specific information about something
Knowlege exists weather we understand it or not, it is there waiting for us to seek and unlock it.
eg. first humans knew not how to build an airplane or the mechanics of flight but it could still be done, they only had to discover the secret.
eg. if we could send an flight engineer back in time about 10,000 yrs. he could still create an airplane that would fly.
2007-09-19 07:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by orcsofkor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing is true, just becaue people beleive it. cults have historically extended to 100's of beleivers in the past, but certainly you cannot say that some of the things they are told are true.
True needs to be proven, otherwise its fiction or hearsay.
as for the knowledge bit, knowledge is a persons undertanding of some information, so the knowledge would not exist without someone understnading the information, but idf the information didnt exist then there would be no knowledge.
imo
2007-09-19 06:50:51 · answer #3 · answered by Sir 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no being true means there is evidence that can be seen or touched. Lots of people beleive in magic but even little kids know it is faked. Knowledge is gained by experience with the truth not by reading fiction. Wisdom is the ability to take other people knowledge and use it wisely.
2007-09-19 06:54:31 · answer #4 · answered by wreaser2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
If everyone on earth believed the moon was made out of green cheese, would that make it true?
The FACT that rocket power would work was not KNOWLEDGE until scientists investigated the possibility.
so now we have jetliners.
All possible knowledge is already in our brains...we just have to dig it out.
Science is already established. Whatever we think of does not THEN, THAT MINUTE, start to EXIST. It was ALWAYS there.
2007-09-19 07:51:31 · answer #5 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it doesn't make anything true just because a few people believe it, Only truth can be true.
Curiosity will make people understand any knowledge.
2007-09-19 07:01:20 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without a mind to think it how could there be knowledge or the lack of?
I hope not. Enough people believed Hitler and that almost came true.
I think God has a plan and we will just have to wait to understand.
2007-09-19 06:52:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the people on earth believe in some form of evil, and/or a literal heaven/hell. But these still do not exist. We form our own reality, individually, and as a race, but we do not and cannot create reality itself. We did not create ourselves. The near-universal belief in a monstrous system of wholly conditional divine "love" and punishment for not measuring up to divine standards, does project its own "effects", but the effects are not there. We remain as created.
We were created whole, perfect, complete, in perfect love and freedom to discover ourselves. What we call "The World" is a mis-creation.
Knowledge exists whether one is there or not...in truth, there is no such thing as one being "not". But knowledge is, regardless.
Keep looking, but remember to allow yourself to find.
2007-09-19 08:40:50 · answer #8 · answered by Sky in the Grass 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The number of people believing something has nothing to do with it's truth value.
As for your second question, I believe there actually is a real universe out there, independent of me. My knowledge or lack thereof doesn't affect reality.
2007-09-19 06:50:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge exist in the mind of God.
2007-09-19 06:49:48 · answer #10 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer your second question, if you mean God, He reveals Himself to those He wills. On the other hand, those who seek, find. To the rest this knowledge is unavailable. At least for the time being.
Blessings,
Jack
2007-09-19 06:50:55 · answer #11 · answered by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋