12-12-2017, 12:00 AM
There's a classic story about these blind guys trying to figure out what an elephant is.
So the first guy is by the trunk, and he thinks an elephant is like a snake. Another guy is by the side and he thinks an elephant is just this big flat thing, and another guy is by a leg and ends up thinking an elephant is like a tree trunk, etc. The idea is it's impossible for a finite consciousness to take in all the infinite at once so everything we know is always partial knowledge.
But LOL... you're all like, *** that, they're only finite because they intend themselves finite, and knowing everything is easy, and I'll be publishing my findings any day now.
So the first guy is by the trunk, and he thinks an elephant is like a snake. Another guy is by the side and he thinks an elephant is just this big flat thing, and another guy is by a leg and ends up thinking an elephant is like a tree trunk, etc. The idea is it's impossible for a finite consciousness to take in all the infinite at once so everything we know is always partial knowledge.
But LOL... you're all like, *** that, they're only finite because they intend themselves finite, and knowing everything is easy, and I'll be publishing my findings any day now.