You are presuming that humans are capable of infinite knowledge, which I believe is untrue. If humans are incapable of infinite knowledge, then we are not able to predict our every problem in the future. We cannot be expected to predict our every problem without potential for infinite knowledge. If this is the case, there will always be unpredictable futures, events we must put down to chance.
If we consider theories of physics, it is thought that there are infinite numbers of parallel "universes", and infinite new others are being created at the speed of thought. For every conceivable outcome of an event in the whole universe, a new universe must be made to accommodate every possible outcome.
If we take that there are infinite possible outcomes to every event, and each event has to happen in one "universe" or another, then it is impossible to predict which outcome will occur in our universe, regardless of the bounds of shrewdness.
You might want to disregard those last paragraphs; I'm a bit rusty on this and I didn't re-research it, and someone normally points out where I went wrong when this happens. But my first point stands, nonetheless.
And you are definitely beginning discussion, that is for sure.
The potential for anything always exist. Whether it comes into being hinges on something else entirely.
But yes, the totality of Shrewdness will never be known to man. If it did he'd be God. It's not his place to answer the Great Question, only to pursue it as much as he can.
"humans aren't capable of infinite knowledge"
If that's true, then we can never know for sure. So either way the possibility exists if only the potential of it.
But in the land of the obese, the fat man is thin so it's man's hope then to glean as much knowledge to himself so he can endure longer than other entities.
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You are presuming that humans are capable of infinite knowledge, which I believe is untrue. If humans are incapable of infinite knowledge, then we are not able to predict our every problem in the future. We cannot be expected to predict our every problem without potential for infinite knowledge. If this is the case, there will always be unpredictable futures, events we must put down to chance.
If we consider theories of physics, it is thought that there are infinite numbers of parallel "universes", and infinite new others are being created at the speed of thought. For every conceivable outcome of an event in the whole universe, a new universe must be made to accommodate every possible outcome.
If we take that there are infinite possible outcomes to every event, and each event has to happen in one "universe" or another, then it is impossible to predict which outcome will occur in our universe, regardless of the bounds of shrewdness.
You might want to disregard those last paragraphs; I'm a bit rusty on this and I didn't re-research it, and someone normally points out where I went wrong when this happens. But my first point stands, nonetheless.
And you are definitely beginning discussion, that is for sure.
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The potential for anything always exist. Whether it comes into being hinges on something else entirely.
But yes, the totality of Shrewdness will never be known to man. If it did he'd be God. It's not his place to answer the Great Question, only to pursue it as much as he can.
"humans aren't capable of infinite knowledge"
If that's true, then we can never know for sure. So either way the possibility exists if only the potential of it.
But in the land of the obese, the fat man is thin so it's man's hope then to glean as much knowledge to himself so he can endure longer than other entities.