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0 pointsakira25011y ago0 comments

I think the distinction is more "we understand it" and "we can explain it." Understanding doesn't generally imply totality of comprehension.

Going the other way, you most likely cannot explain why your body or your brain works, yet, here we are, using and understanding them just fine.

Which leads to what I was trying to get at. Perhaps our tentative understandings and our means of receiving them are what gets in the way of deeper comprehension.

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tambourine_man1y ago

> yet, here we are, using and understanding them just fine.

I think we’re failing miserably precisely because we don’t.

akira2501OP1y ago

I personally don't think perfection is actually achievable, so I'm completely unwilling to accept your definition of our present state as "failing miserably." That's a rather miserable point of view and I prefer to have and encourage hope.

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tambourine_man1y ago

> yet, here we are, using and understanding them just fine.

I think we’re failing miserably precisely because we don’t.

akira2501OP1y ago

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