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Then I suggest revising #3968 so that it still captures the sentiment without containing factual falsehoods.
Why haven't all atheists killed themselves?
The sentiment of the sentence stands. Even with uncomputable functions, one shouldn't waste time in trying to solve them.
The sentiment of the sentence stands. Even with uncomputable functions, one shouldn't waste time in trying to solve them.
By definition, there is nothing in the unknowable, since it can't be known.
This isn’t true. There are unknowable things. Look up uncomputable functions, see eg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computable_function#Uncomputable_functions_and_unsolvable_problems
- https://www.reddit.com/r/compsci/comments/2s2wgy/what_is_an_uncomputable_function/.
So there are things that computers like our brains can never access – there are fundamental, natural limitations.
In this context, I think of mysticism as restricting criticism and preventing error correction, ie creating a man-made barrier for reason. That’s different.
"Man simply invented God in order not to kill himself, that is the summary of universal history down to the moment."
Dostoevsky
"Man simply invented God in order not to kill himself, that is the summary of universal history down to the moment."
By definition, there is nothing in the unknowable, since it can't be known. One can rationally and with confidence move on and not even entertain anything that claims to be 'beyond human understanding.'