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Finitude of Knowledge

Hi everyone. I am a school student I have certain doubts about human knowledge One human has finite amount of knowledge There are finite number of humans on earth at present And in past too there have been a finite number of humans There is a certain point of time from where life began on earth And as the life forms evolved Modern Humans came into existence Hence in both space and time Humanity as whole is finite Therefore I concluded that collective knowledge (everything known)is finite But enormous and continuously growing. The collective ignorance or the unknown (things which no one knows and has known ) is probably infinite as I speculate. What do you all think Am I right I imagine all of collective known knowledge as a sphere Which is finite which is depicted by boundaries or surface of the sphere And the sphere is growing . Uneven growth in all directions 4pi steridian. I am basing all my reasonings and conclusions On the belief that evolution happened And the story of past of universe That I have studied in science is true. And is there consensus on this In academia and in general society Correct me with explaination If I am fully wrong or partly And affirm with a yes if I am right (Knowledge is what is known but still I Wrote known knowledge , dont mind it ) Thanks for reading this

speak_plainly 3mo ago
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soupspaces 3mo ago
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
nbernard 3mo ago
> I imagine all of collective known knowledge as a sphere Which is finite which is depicted by boundaries or surface of the sphere And the sphere is growing . Uneven growth in all directions 4pi steridian. Why a sphere and not just a circle or conversely a hyper-sphere in many dimensions? The idea of sphere and growth with 4pi steradian suggests you imply something on the fundamental number of dimensions of knowledge (that may or may not exists). Regarding the growth of this "sphere": if you consider that a human brain is finite and can hold only a finite quantity of information, then there must be a point where any new concept is too large to fit. Hence, the growth stops somewhere, unless we find a way to go beyond this natural limit (but then, are we still speaking of human beings?).
- Abhishek000001 3mo ago
  I think humans senses are capable of observing only 3 dimensions That is the reason I wrote 4pi steridian And imagined a 3d sphere And that is just a metaphor Based on my limited knowledge I dont propose it as a serious Epistemological claim of structure of knowledge I will improve my metaphors With time

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soupspaces 3mo ago

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/

nbernard 3mo ago

> I imagine all of collective known knowledge as a sphere Which is finite which is depicted by boundaries or surface of the sphere And the sphere is growing . Uneven growth in all directions 4pi steridian. Why a sphere and not just a circle or conversely a hyper-sphere in many dimensions? The idea of sphere and growth with 4pi steradian suggests you imply something on the fundamental number of dimensions of knowledge (that may or may not exists). Regarding the growth of this "sphere": if you consider that a human brain is finite and can hold only a finite quantity of information, then there must be a point where any new concept is too large to fit. Hence, the growth stops somewhere, unless we find a way to go beyond this natural limit (but then, are we still speaking of human beings?).

Abhishek000001 3mo ago
I think humans senses are capable of observing only 3 dimensions That is the reason I wrote 4pi steridian And imagined a 3d sphere And that is just a metaphor Based on my limited knowledge I dont propose it as a serious Epistemological claim of structure of knowledge I will improve my metaphors With time