| | This was written by METALLlC BLUE of offtopic.com :
"I think anyone who is truly of sound mind and intelligent, and willing to reject his own perspective in the view of absolutes, would say "I don't know truth, I know only what I experience and observe and that is not truth, thus I do not know. I am not a dog, I do not smell with my nose like one, or see like one. I am not a jelly fish, I do not have tentacles. Nor am I a shark with fins of that sort."
I am not a planet, or a star -- and yet, I am acutely aware that I am me, who is also my environment, as a consequence of my breathing air and eating foods that come from outside of what I consider "My" body.
Therefore, I am of this world and unable to be independent of it, even should I build machines that bring me to space -- I take "apart" of it always, and we know that this world, contains the same elements and "matter" that we've observed and confirmed via asteroids, and other debris from space. Our analysis of material collected on other planets have indicated as well, that the elements that make up our bodies, also exist outside our bodies. Do we know this to be absolute truth? Even so, the answer is no, but it is true from what we've observed and perceived.
Clearly, when I say I am me -- I am apart of a greater power, known as the environment, the world, the planets we've managed to identify and analyze. Even that however is an assumption from a limited perspective.
It is reasonable then to say, I do not know anything more than what I perceive, and my perception is inherently limited as the consciousness which permits me to self-reflect on this truth, is at present only known to my individual self.
Therefore, it is true that a man who says "I don't know even that which I know" -- is wise.
Religions which teach the paradox can all be abused, even those who do not follow religion claim to know, and thus exert their will over others. It is this ignorance, and lack of humility which condemns all." |
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