Knowledge curve - Edge of the knowledge, limits of the knowledge and
Knowledge curve
Imagine development of human communication. About 5000 years ago there were barely literate people. Very limited documentation, in the form of cave paintings, and clay plates. Even carvings on stone. It took few more millennia for humans to develop a system of written communication. Printing press was made 1450. But newspapers became into circulation in 1600s, Radio 1920, Television 1940 Internet 1980s Smartphone 2000. And communication is one of the fast-growing knowledge areas in human history. Can you see its growth is somewhat exponential by just looking at products we use to communicate we can see that.
Every field is advancing faster and faster.
It is not smartphone; everything seems to be getting faster and faster. Every knowledgebase seems to be advancing faster simultaneously. Consider mathematics, consider chemistry, consider art and literature. There are more labs, more calculus classes and more artists than 20 years ago today. And they are vastly interconnected by smartphones, sharing knowledge, which have become a positive loop to drive the speed of the knowledge like a propelling rocket just out of atmosphere. Have you ever wondered how this is going to end? Is there unlimited knowledge? Will there be an ultimate answer to our all problems? Perhaps a M theory. Where do we stand today?
Edge of the knowledge.
Where we currently stand on this exponential knowledge curve is our edge. We can call this the edge of the knowledge. This is true for any domain. More and more scientists, artists and humans are working at the edge of the knowledge trying to expand it in a positive direction, every day. And it seems they are remarkably successful, in keeping the momentum. Like a group of hunting dogs, looking for new territories, they do discover something new every day. Co-operation is their tool, and paradoxes are their enemy.
Limits of the knowledge and nothingness
Paradoxes uncertainty principle and probability of truth. These are some of the hard problems that we have encountered along the way. Perhaps they make us humble to look at our knowledge base holistically. Will us ever reach the limit of our knowledge? Is there any meaning at this point? Consider the probability of truth. It is conventional wisdom that any truth is just a probability, quantum or not. So, there seems a limit for us to find 100% truth. As a species we can make more effort to reach higher speeds of knowledge by scientific method. But if we really want to jump into the asymptote of the knowledge we need entirely different approach. Perhaps the key is mindful awareness of the now function, which gives momentum to all these. There we might find "nothingness"
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