Knowledge or Certainty - There is no absolute knowledge

Jacob Bronowski's important message from the BBC series Ascent Of Man.

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[ApeOfGod1]

A powerful message.

[grupokorova]

For gods sake! The mans not saying that we cant have certainties or that we cant know anything for sure: if you drop a glass you know it will fall down and not up. The man is saying that we must find our certainties through an objective and rational method, and that this method will never be able to comprehend all things as a whole, not things. We can know things for sure; he is talking about everything as one single entity. About absolute truths, thats the search we must abandon

[MyWordizBond]

both feet in the shit to give HIMSELF the example... this is a complete ignorant soul to me... mode of passion.. 

[Karestasse]

Yes, he is not proposing that we cannot have certainty. But that that certainty has to come from rational methods and empirical evidence. As he says "absolute knowledge, with no test in reality". When he refers to "the knowledge of Gods", he is referring to dogmatism, such as that of religion. "a tribute to what we can know, although we are fallible". This is not a message against science, reason or truth, or certainty. It is a message against dogmatism.

[Zeykieee]

You can fathom the true sentiments of him.

[AfTrolle]

Certainly there is absolute knowledge. For example, my dick is enormous, and there are no two ways about that.

Not to mention the reality of God, which of course is absolute to the point where it lies beyond human comprehension.

[FudgeY1337]

on the other hand, his video on pythagarus thorem (<spelling?) is very intelligent.

[FudgeY1337]

this IS what men do, this IS what we have to do. etc. seems to me this guy has some absolute knowledge of himself. so really, he seems to hold the idea of 'no certainities', but doesn't posses it...... IT SEEMS.

[solnegrolunaroja]

This man is dear to me as he was my grandfather although never met him personally. I had the fortune to see this in the public tv of my country when I was 6 years old in 1977. He is an important part of my education. He would be very sad to see how deaf people are to this words. This is not a message about logic or blind science. Consequences. This is about people dying. Any logical debate becomes corrupt and futile when people dies.

[wealthycardiac]

"There are NO absolutes" is not an absolute statement for the same reasons that "There are NO leprechauns", is not a "leprechauns" statement.