Science and reason produce reliable knowledge about the world, but they have their limits. Exploring them can reveal what knowledge is and should help you gain more knowledge.
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January 11, 2023
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Science is the culmination of mankind’s attempts to reason about the world. It produces knowledge in a reliable way and has great success. Many of nature’s secrets have been revealed, from the molecular machinery within our cells to the grand scheme of how the universe began and evolved into what we see today. But despite their undeniable achievements, science and reason are constrained.
Our species is unique (as far as we know) in our ability to know what we don’t.
