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> Since there are infinite things about which we are wrong That's... ahem... wrong. How could there possibly be an infinite number of things "we" (humanity, I

• jcoffland 10y ago
  It's quite simple. I am assuming there are an infinite number of things to know. That which we do not know we are wrong about.
  • db48x 10y ago
    That's not a very good assumption; the universe has a finite size and therefore cannot contain an infinite amount of information.
    • jsprogrammer 10y ago
      The observable universe appears to have finite size. I don't know how you could prove it though.
      • nitrogen 10y ago
        The observable universe is effectively defined to be finite in size. The proof comes from the speed of light.
        • jcoffland 10y ago
          Assuming a big bang is the source of all matter. Our observable universe may only be a spec in something much larger with out violating any of our "laws" of physics.
    • jcoffland 10y ago
      Assuming the observable universe is everything there is is not a good assumption.
    • szemet 10y ago
      If the universe cannot contain infinite amount of information then it follows that there are infinite knowledge we cannot know - simply because we cannot store it anywhere (in brains or computers or anywhere). For example: exact prime factorization of all natural numbers, etc... Of course this is true only if you accept induction. So you can still back off by declaring yourself finitist* ;) * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finitism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finitism