Big Think

michelle lusinger on January 18, 2008, 2:18 PM

Knowledge is ….the ledge of knowing jump in !

Chris Byerly on January 18, 2008, 2:34 PM

Maybe an infinite number of mathematical results… like really big numbers plus one, that kind of thing.

Also, as time goes forward, there is the possibility of knowing something that happened today. But we must wait until tomorrow to know what happens then, right?
Maybe the question is geared more toward the possibility of some kind of unifying theory of nastural laws?

luke seeley on January 18, 2008, 5:34 PM

I personaly think that you will never know 1/100000 of everthing in life.. Like your mind alone is a slave to chemicals right?? but what if you add more chemicals to ur brain, you will have a tottaly differnt world but thats besides the question.. If you want to see a video on youtube that kinda made me say WTF search up “Joe rogan DMT trip” it gives me a feeling that we will never understand ANYTHING.. ps look for the video that joes talking on a radio station..

A Co on January 19, 2008, 5:02 PM

I think there are infinite amount of things to know, but you can’t know they all at the same time

Yeshua Charbonneau on January 19, 2008, 5:25 PM

As long as the Universe continues to grow then yes, becuse things are always changing

mary batella on January 19, 2008, 8:23 PM

My personal feeling is that there cannot be a final piece of information which explains it all because that would mean coming to an end. Without drive to discover, uncover and understand there would be no meaning to human life any longer.

Matt Rugg on January 19, 2008, 9:48 PM

Learn or die.

Randall Menser on January 19, 2008, 11:36 PM

There are because, as David Hume would tell you, every time you revisit something you, you do so in a different emotional state and thus know it differently… an easy example is If you’re mad at an old friend, you know that person to be a son of a bitch…but you used to know that person to be cool. ya dig?

Lucas Trammell on January 20, 2008, 2:16 AM

Well. There it is, in fluent english. You asked the question, and here is My answer. Of course there is an answere to every question. There can not be a true answer to any single question without there being a true answer to every question. so the answer to the question you have posed ‘Is there no end to knowledge or is there a final piece of information that will explain everything that has ever existed?’ is we shall see. Unsatisfactory? let me know and we can discuss it further. I gaurentee that this is the best answer you will ever get.

Michele B on January 20, 2008, 9:58 PM

No one person knows everything, and as long as that is so, the human race constantly has “something” to learn. Because so much changes from day to day, there is an infinite amount of information that can be learned.

Alicia D on January 20, 2008, 10:14 PM

I don’t think it’s possible to know everything, because things are always changing. But I hope everything someday can at least be understood. You know, inner peace and all.

Edward C on January 21, 2008, 10:00 PM

The Universe is Infinite in a Finite Space.

For example: at the current moment in time we are not capable of creating Lightsabers, but given infinite time we will eventually figure out the technology required to build a Lightsaber. At that moment we would be pushing the limits of reality to another level.

The Universe is in constant Evolution.

So to answer your questions:
Q. Is there no end to knowledge?
A. YES

Q. Is there a final piece of information that will explain everything that has ever existed?
A. YES, when you understand the “Laws of Nature” / “The Seven Laws that are One” / “The Law of the Tao” you will be ready to begin your journey, with your Master Key ready you can unlock all the doors of Knowledge…

Edward C on January 22, 2008, 10:05 PM

And I wouldn’t say it is a “final piece of information”, I am referring back to the Origin, the first principles, the first “LAW” of nature that must predate All things that depend on the law.