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A newly discovered virus. A new life form/ type? Called Pandoravirus, due to the series of questions it raised. (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2 ... el5wLUqySo) If every discovery generates multiple NEW questions, then is it guaranteed that we will never know everything?

it is said that the only guarantees in life are death and taxes...

JTB? not really...

-Imp

Some American and British tax lawyers might disagree on the certainty of tax, and be very willing to show you how, given you got the coin.

If you know the common denominator in events ,that common thing must also be the cause of all things.all things can then be known to be just a representation of that cause.so yeah its possible in effect to know what everything realy is so to speak.

If every discovery generates multiple NEW questions, then is it guaranteed that we will never know everything?

That, and our own finity, yes.

jackles wrote:If you know the common denominator in events ,that common thing must also be the cause of all things.all things can then be known to be just a representation of that cause.so yeah its possible in effect to know what everything realy is so to speak.

An interesting way to see it. Indeed...

In a million years we might know everything.