The final frontier to which "They" will bring us cognitively is "solipsism". They disguise the meaning but, in short, it's the idea that there is no objective reality. (Satanists discourage this among their adherents, but sell it to everyone else.) To the extent this is accomplished in our minds, all things become possible. For in such a state, how would anyone begin to show something was impossible?
To counter it, one need only posit that there is indeed an objective reality. We then use our imperfect senses and imperfect reasoning, and realize that our understanding will simply fall short of perfect. Big deal.
Final note: everyone should clearly understand that no one can "prove" anything to you, and thus can never have a duty to do so. Rather, it is the duty of each of us to understand the world as well as is practical. Without such understanding, moral action becomes uncertain and even--in principle--impossible.
There's a compounding problem that I neglected to mention. Yes, it's a huge task that few accept as their duty, but the reason most people don't do it is not because of laziness of neglect. Rather, it's because it is simply not the way their minds work.
Many people assume that other people's minds work like theirs, maybe better or worse or in a slightly different style or with different biases. Upon careful study, you will find this is not true. Most people's thought processes generally work in reverse, beginning with conclusions and ending with "facts".
I mention this because it's a crucial factor to integrate into any coherent worldview. Otherwise, you'll spend a lot of time banging your head against a wall trying to incorporate "what a lot of other people think". To really prepare to find the truth, you have to be ready to break with what everyone else "knows".
The final frontier to which "They" will bring us cognitively is "solipsism". They disguise the meaning but, in short, it's the idea that there is no objective reality. (Satanists discourage this among their adherents, but sell it to everyone else.) To the extent this is accomplished in our minds, all things become possible. For in such a state, how would anyone begin to show something was impossible?
To counter it, one need only posit that there is indeed an objective reality. We then use our imperfect senses and imperfect reasoning, and realize that our understanding will simply fall short of perfect. Big deal.
Final note: everyone should clearly understand that no one can "prove" anything to you, and thus can never have a duty to do so. Rather, it is the duty of each of us to understand the world as well as is practical. Without such understanding, moral action becomes uncertain and even--in principle--impossible.
There's a compounding problem that I neglected to mention. Yes, it's a huge task that few accept as their duty, but the reason most people don't do it is not because of laziness of neglect. Rather, it's because it is simply not the way their minds work.
Many people assume that other people's minds work like theirs, maybe better or worse or in a slightly different style or with different biases. Upon careful study, you will find this is not true. Most people's thought processes generally work in reverse, beginning with conclusions and ending with "facts".
I mention this because it's a crucial factor to integrate into any coherent worldview. Otherwise, you'll spend a lot of time banging your head against a wall trying to incorporate "what a lot of other people think". To really prepare to find the truth, you have to be ready to break with what everyone else "knows".