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This 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'
by Voloskaya 7y ago
This 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"?