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The truth is the opposite, and always has proven to be: the natural sciences are the only way to acquire real understanding, while every form of mysticism by wh
by eli_gottlieb 10y ago
The truth is the opposite, and always has proven to be: the natural sciences are the only way to acquire real understanding, while every form of mysticism by which "nothing is beyond us" ends up being us fooling ourselves again.
- woodandsteel 10y agoI think you misunderstood my comment. I was not saying that mysticism is correct, but that there are matters that are beyond the understanding of the human mind, including natural science. As to natural science being the only road to truth, natural science is itself founded on human experience, and human experience is also the basis forms of truth, such as ethical and mathematical.