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We all know absolutely there are limits - quick tell me the first words ever uttered by any human being! We can't for it has been lost to entropy, whole convert

We all know absolutely there are limits - quick tell me the first words ever uttered by any human being! We can't for it has been lost to entropy, whole converted into the same end state regardless of possible outcomes. It isn't even "find what word was written on this paper before it was immersed in ink and smoother" but "find out what word was written on the paper after it was burnt and the carbon used through a cycle of bacteria, plant, animal, and minerals for a few millenia. The rhetoric is particularly galling because it is self-reinforcing willful ignorance - refusing to learn and then saying "We cannot possibly know!" instead of trying to stretch our limits.

mistermann 6y ago
> We all know absolutely there are limits Once attention is drawn to it, yes. But in our real time behaviours and thoughts, at the low level detail of how the human mind works, do we sometimes ~forget? Does man sometimes suffer from hubris or other imperfections? > The rhetoric is particularly galling because it is self-reinforcing willful ignorance That is but one of many possible interpretations of my words, as is often the case, but not always realized. > refusing to learn and then saying "We cannot possibly know!" instead of trying to stretch our limits. I've made no such claim (but to be clear, I'm not sure if you were making that assertion). I've noticed that the human mind is often able to "see" things that aren't there (something else that seems to be often overlooked, particularly when convenient for the person doing the looking) - it is an incredibly powerful entity.