| Good points. I do wonder about the "unknown unknowns" of tools that are accessible to humans. You mention one tool: "mathematics which further enables us to prove theories completely opposing "common sense" and intuition." I'm curious if humans are closed off to advanced tools. For instance, an ant is closed off to the tools accessible to us (i.e., math and science). Does evolution need to move forward, for instance, via emergence (i.e., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence), and construct new species? And will these new species be able to tap into more advanced tools? You also write, "I think we have preconditions to extend our limits of understanding significantly." It could be. For instance, are humans at a level now where they're able to advance brain parts, structures, or wirings and manually be able to "extend our limits of understanding"? It's possible. I think this is where we get back into the "unknown unknowns" territory and how evolved we are in tapping into and changing the limits of cognitive closure. I do wonder where we are in terms of evolution. Is it possible that there are gaps in our knowledge of evolution? There are theories like "panspermia", which opens up evolution to a unique scale and I wonder how this might play a role in our understanding of cognitive closure. Any thoughts on empirical literature that talks more about the role of evolution and how different species are cognitively closed off to certain tools? |