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This doesn't really mean there's a limit to scientific understanding, just that there's an infinite amount of questions we can't have an answer for. But there
by cdancette 9y ago
This doesn't really mean there's a limit to scientific understanding, just that there's an infinite amount of questions we can't have an answer for.
But there could be an infinite number of questions we can have an answer for as well, thus there's no limit to our understanding.
- supergarfield 9y agoSomething being infinite doesn't mean it has no limit (I guess "boundary" would be a better term). If, for instance, it were impossible to answer any question about the strong interaction, I'd clearly call that a limit to our understanding, regardless of the infinity of things we can say about black holes.
- cdancette 9y agoI think we could understand why it is impossible answer this question, and this would be knowledge, and maybe tell us where to look next.
- hprotagonist 9y agoIn what way are those infinite unanswerable questions not a bound on understanding?