Skepdick wrote:
How do you even begin discussing an unknowable thing ?
Do you think human beings should limit their discussions to only things that they know
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Do you think human imagination lacks the capability to discuss things it does not know
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There are many things that are not known but this does not stop any curious minds from wanting to know them
There is a word for these things and that is metaphysics which is the study of things that transcend the physical
As a computer programmer and logician you probably dont really see the value in discussing the metaphysical
But others who are not computer programmers or logicians do see the value in discussing it and very much so
The most metaphysical being of all time is of course God who as such a being is supposed to be beyond human understanding at any level
But it doesnt stop all those who believe in him - the overwhelming majority of human beings alive today - from trying to understand him
They have no trouble in discussing him as an unknowable entity but would it be fair to say you do
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Do you not allow your imagination to think of things outside of the things that you already know
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Do you think knowledge is more important than imagination or do you think imagination is more important than knowledge
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Do you think they are equally as important as each or are all these questions entirely superfluous or even simply ridiculous
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I have no problem in discussing the metaphysical even though I dont believe in it and like you am more a logical thinker than an emotional one
So I am asking you all of these questions to see why you do not like discussing the unknowable - maybe because it is unfalsifiable or impractical