" We do not know enough about the unknown to know that it is unknowable.” That is a quote from G.K. Chesterton. He was an English writer that George Bernard Shaw once called a colossal genius. Overall, he seems to be known for his quotes more than anything else.
I like the quote above because it is simple and true. Just because something isn't known now, doesn't mean that it is unknowable... it just means that at this moment we don't know enough about it to say it is known. Take space flight, for example. For thousands of years man could not leave the earth's atmosphere. In effect, how to do it was unknown. Yet as we progressed as a species, more and more became known about flight and eventually we made it to the moon. While it was unknowable for much of human history. The secret of leaving earth's atmosphere is now known today. I think that eventually man will make it to other planets. Within my lifetime, I am hoping to see man land on Mars. Eventually, I believe man will eventually visit other star systems. What is unknowable today will likely someday become known. And that is just one example! Think about the advances in medicine we have seen in just the past 150 years. Or the changes in technology since the early 1980's! Man has the uncanny ability to, as a race, build on our past knowledge. I believe that in the future, a lot of what is currently not known, will become common knowledge at some point. Not so much about our past... but unknowns about the human body, the mind, human potential and the physical sciences. I hope I am alive to experience much of it!
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