The Paradox of Knowledge

All answers to man's questions lay in man's history. Thus, we must study history  ⸺ we can't study the future  ⸺ to exit the labyrinth and cease the paradox created by knowledge.

And so today my friends, I will discuss the paradox of knowledge.

The paradox of knowledge is a fascinating concept that reveals the inherent contradictions in our pursuit of knowledge.

"I know I know nothing." And so on.

There is something you know already but that you want to know more about. And so, you reach deeper knowledge, which opens the door for new things, and so ad aeternum.

Yet, if knowledge is not in your brain, it's in your heart.

And so, knowledge jumps from brain to heart, from being effective to becoming a dream to nothing.

Man aims to know the most within his limited means. However, through reasoning, man questions what he has learned. This statement becomes evident since, after millennia of continuous learning, man still had not answered the existential questions: what are we, where do we come from, and where are we going? Moreover, despite all the knowledge man has accumulated, man cannot yet agree whether there is a god or none and whether a given behaviour, action or reaction is right or wrong.

Knowledge then becomes a labyrinth where man expects to find the answers to questions that continue accumulating unanswered. On his quest for knowledge, man continues through the twists and turns without ever stopping to reconsider the steps that keep him moving deeper and deeper into the heart of nowhere. The more he advances, the more profound the obscurity. Yet, in his wandering, in the darkest halls, man sometimes finds a gem whose shining prevents him from noticing the labyrinth's exit, submitting himself and generations to the darkness of hope.

Thus, while knowledge enlightens man, this enlightenment leads man to darkness; hence, knowledge is a paradox. The history of humanity is full of examples where this argument applies. Thus, we must reconsider man's advances through history  ⸺ we can't study the future ⸺  to exit the labyrinth and cease the paradox created by knowledge.

And so, in conclusion, I invite you to posit your thoughts on this subject. Every comment is welcome.

Thank you, everybody.

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Clarification: The author uses the pronouns he, his, and him and the noun man broadly, meaning all human beings.