I think that Douglas Adams was on to something when he postulated that if our current Universe is ever "figured out", that it would immediately be replaced with something else even more confusingly incomprehensible.
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The more we know, the more we realize we don't know.
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Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem proves that not all questions that are true in a system can be proven from within the system. So we might be able to intuit the way the universe works, but proof of some things will always be unobtainable. Science does the great work of answering the answerable.
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the thing is, we don't and can't know that, so to me is a solid yes to this question. still this is no reason to abandon science.
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Imagine how far wed be already, but our leaders would rather spend money on war and propaganda, taking us backwards rather than progressing.
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Not necessarily because it's impossible, but we simply probably won't be around long enough to figure out everything.
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I do think yes, there are things we can't fully grasp, but I do wonder if we'll ever know what those things are, and basically when to back off.
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With a caveat, I think we'll eventually be able to at least describe how everything works, come up with equations and math that model their behaviour, even if we don't understand the mechanisms behind it. Though even that might just be a matter of needing more time to work them out.
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We can figure a lot out through science, but I don't think everything.
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“You were not brought upon this world to ‘get it,’ Mr. Burton.” - Lo Pan, “Big Trouble in Little China.”
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If you build an "all knowing machine" it can only meet that conditions by also knowing its own exact condition, but observing itself causes it to forever chase its own exact condition. A paradox inside infinite infinities. Just accept All is unknowable.
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You will never fully understand the complexities of an octopus’s brain. Or an orca’s, or basically any non-primate intelligent species. We can see that they’re intelligent, but we can only guess at what their lived experience is like.
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I imagine there's at least a thing or two we'll never have the ability to comprehend. The universe is so complex and mysterious.
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Many people may not be able to comprehend, but the are always a few who can work it out and relay it to the rest of us.
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I think knowing wat came before this universe or wat might come after this universe is something we could never fully understand
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I'm not a philosopher, a physicist or anything but I have a feeling that the most fundamental things will always be out of our reach. Now, what are those fundamental things? I don't know.
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Owen Morgan (Telltale)
Is there anything humans can’t learn or comprehend about the universe through science? If we put enough time and effort in, is there a single thing beyond our minds grasp?
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