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>There are many things we don't understand, and as time pass we gradually understand more and more of them. On the contrary, when it comes to the fundamental n
by 50656E6973 7y ago
>There are many things we don't understand, and as time pass we gradually understand more and more of them.
On the contrary, when it comes to the fundamental nature of the universe, the more we've come to understand, the more we've come to realize how much even more we do not understand.
- Voloskaya 7y agoThis is not the contrary. We realize better how much we do not understand, but we do understand more and more. More things are moving from 'unknown unknowns' to 'known unknowns', this is a progress in understanding, not the other way around.
- 50656E6973 7y agoWhen our understanding takes one step forward and 2 steps back, there is a net loss of comprehensive understanding
- Voloskaya 7y agoDepends if you care about actual comprehension or perceived comprehension. I care about the former.
- 50656E6973 7y agoWhen Copernicus mathematically determined that the sun was at the center of the universe rather than the earth, was that "actual comprehension", or "perceived comprehension"?