Most of us are familiar with Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle. This is not related to it. It is something philosophical. I and my brother Anuj have debated and discussed these things over the years. Yes, that includes lot of phone bills and scoldings from mom for fighting. Finally we are almost in unison.
It began with the usual questions like "Why are we here?" "What is it all about?" "Does God exists?". And then I uttered this line: Everyone in this world is confused. It was me, the laziest-of-all and confused girl, slamming the whole world to be like him. No one would believe it and at first not even my brother. Then later one day my brother called. He blamed me for having incepted this weird theory into him that caught up his life and general thought process. I knew I was at fault and since this could not be undone, I have decided to now fill this idea in all of you. I firmly believe that an individual human with limited years on the crust of planet earth and a limited cognitive capacity can never unravel the uncertainty that surrounds us.
Coming to the concepts. There are two popular paths to seeking answers- Science(based on pure logic) and Religion (based on logic after you have assumed the root illogically). Now we have two choices, either believe the religions (which one of the religions is another question) or find out for ourselves by experimentation. Since most people do not have the desire or luxury to become a physicist, they choose to be confused or religious. The religious ones fake it till they make it, the confused ones die with a blot, while the science guys refuse to accept that we can never understand the absolute theory. Yes, I am an agnostic atheist.
I say the nature of reality+meaning of consciousness+existence of god etc (or the truth) is something we yet do not know or can possibly never know. It is unknown to us, but it is certain, solid, a fixed set of logics. We may never know it, but it is only one set of knowledge. Anuj however says that the truth is not something that is certain or single set of information. He says that its nature is also uncertain. He means to say that we can never know the truth because of the fact that the truth is intrinsically uncertain. It cannot be accurately found out ever. And I agree with all of you who are saying that my brother is far too pessimistic than even me. In order to stump him I asked "How can you be SURE that the truth is uncertain?" And he retorts "I am not sure. It is uncertain whether the truth is uncertain."
It began with the usual questions like "Why are we here?" "What is it all about?" "Does God exists?". And then I uttered this line: Everyone in this world is confused. It was me, the laziest-of-all and confused girl, slamming the whole world to be like him. No one would believe it and at first not even my brother. Then later one day my brother called. He blamed me for having incepted this weird theory into him that caught up his life and general thought process. I knew I was at fault and since this could not be undone, I have decided to now fill this idea in all of you. I firmly believe that an individual human with limited years on the crust of planet earth and a limited cognitive capacity can never unravel the uncertainty that surrounds us.
Coming to the concepts. There are two popular paths to seeking answers- Science(based on pure logic) and Religion (based on logic after you have assumed the root illogically). Now we have two choices, either believe the religions (which one of the religions is another question) or find out for ourselves by experimentation. Since most people do not have the desire or luxury to become a physicist, they choose to be confused or religious. The religious ones fake it till they make it, the confused ones die with a blot, while the science guys refuse to accept that we can never understand the absolute theory. Yes, I am an agnostic atheist.
I say the nature of reality+meaning of consciousness+existence of god etc (or the truth) is something we yet do not know or can possibly never know. It is unknown to us, but it is certain, solid, a fixed set of logics. We may never know it, but it is only one set of knowledge. Anuj however says that the truth is not something that is certain or single set of information. He says that its nature is also uncertain. He means to say that we can never know the truth because of the fact that the truth is intrinsically uncertain. It cannot be accurately found out ever. And I agree with all of you who are saying that my brother is far too pessimistic than even me. In order to stump him I asked "How can you be SURE that the truth is uncertain?" And he retorts "I am not sure. It is uncertain whether the truth is uncertain."
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