Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro...
by caconym_ on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:12PM
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I said this:
> Of course we don't know everything, but the discussion really ends there: we don't know what we don't know.
I think the guy I replied to asked about "theories" of alternatives, and there isn't really anything specific as far as I'm aware; there's just this vague philosophical notion that we don't know what we don't know. I don't think anyone's denying it (I certainly am not) but there is not much else to be said on the subject. Knowing that we don't know what we don't know doesn't help us make predictions about what we don't know.
> Of course we don't know everything, but the discussion really ends there: we don't know what we don't know.
I think the guy I replied to asked about "theories" of alternatives, and there isn't really anything specific as far as I'm aware; there's just this vague philosophical notion that we don't know what we don't know. I don't think anyone's denying it (I certainly am not) but there is not much else to be said on the subject. Knowing that we don't know what we don't know doesn't help us make predictions about what we don't know.