Thanks for your reasoned answer. I agree with what you are saying. A couple more comments, not to correct anything but simply for conversation. > Btw there is

Thanks for your reasoned answer. I agree with what you are saying. A couple more comments, not to correct anything but simply for conversation. > Btw there is a third option beyond "scientific knowledge" and "faith" The three I usually see mentioned are: I know because "argument" (reason/scientific); I believe (faith) and mysticism (I just know/I had a revelation). I agree with you, different ways of not taking a position are positions in themselves. Skepticism, nihilism, etc. > Accurate models of people could be similar: it might simply be that they cannot be meaningfully reduced to simple formulas. I agree. All models are false but some are useful.