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:A belief that humans will eventually know everything is indeed a declaration of faith (which is what a religion is), but what makes you think genuine scientists do belive that? I have worked closely with, and supervised, researchers working at Ph.D level. None of them believed that. Have you not heard of the expression "The more I know, the more I know what I don't know" - a favorite among researchers I know. The second part of your question reflects a common misconception about science on your part. Science is not really about asserting facts, it's more about discovering theories that fit known observations, and thus enabling calculations/predictions of results/outcomes for any practical set of conditions.
Ratbone [[Special:Contributions/124.182.150.1|124.182.150.1]] ([[User talk:124.182.150.1|talk]]) 00:30, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
== Logic, creativity and ignorance ==
Some claim that logic can explain everything and that when new things are discovered, it is simply ignorance to that logic which has been overcome. I agree but I don't think logic always works because its basically thinking inside the box, I.e. following a set of known principles. Is my thinking correct?
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