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Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
It seems, though is not proven when it comes to human affairs, that if we could fully understand any given moment, then we would, by definition, understand all the necessary and sufficient events which lead to that moment, and would therefore include all the nec and suf information to forecast the influences of that moment on future events.
However, that kind of understanding is beyond human capacity (I suspect), and the assertion that anyone could fully understand a moment with all it's history and implications is impractical.
Yet, we assert that we understand our world, perhaps as a coping mechanism, when literally all the evidence is that we barely understand our area of greatest expertise. Why would we understand things which we are not experts at more than that? We don't, but we tell ourselves that we are (more) expert in things which are not our direct passion, the one topic about which we know the most and are humbled at how little we know about it.
Humans are odd.
@ong: you would trounce me in a dozen moves. Even if the game wasn't technically over by that point, you'd be mopping me up.
I want to add something to this, but I've got nothing-- just wanted to say that I enjoyed the post.
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