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Originally Posted by theburningbush  so your argument is that wether or not we understand an actual truth doesnt matter, what matters is that we are comforted by our precieved depth of knowledge (tamming the world, mans desire for order ect) and that is the true value of knowledge? |
I suppose so to a degree but I think that what that knowledge encourages us to feel is more important. Consider for example, if we had found that the Universe were a place that is of unstructured chaos and highly hostile to the probability of further Life in the cosmos: Such a discovery would not have had a positive impact on the Human Physche. However, in reality, the Universe has given us reasons to Hope and to keep Seeking the Truth.