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number5
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15 Aug 2009, 10:25 pm

How can we possibly know what it is that we don't know? It would be impossible to ever say with certainty that all that can possibly be known has been learned.



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15 Aug 2009, 10:31 pm

number5 wrote:
How can we possibly know what it is that we don't know? It would be impossible to ever say with certainty that all that can possibly be known has been learned.


Well, with all problems solved and all forces totally under control the temptation to stop looking would be overwhelming. We seem to be some distance from that.



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15 Aug 2009, 10:38 pm

the only limit to knowledge is what one is willing to accept as fact or not.


/i forget how large the technical storage is but most people don't even run close to it.


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