So I have had this theory for a while now, and it is probably bat shit crazy insane. And I am sure some people will come in here and use better knowledge of science than I possess to argue for or against my theory.
Anyways, long wall of text to follow, broken up by some sporadic uses of the enter key.
What if all the knowledge in the universe is "known/available" to us? And instead of actually learning, or methods of teaching, and learning are actually just unlocking the knowledge that is imprinted on every brain?
For instance, I don't believe humanity as a whole is any more intelligent than they were a thousand years ago. We are just aware of different things, with different priorities. Sure we have access to ancient knowledge as it was recorded in ancient writings. But for the most part, if you where to take a random person out of a major US city, and throw them into a jungle to survive, they wouldn't be able to, even if they had read a text on it. But take someone who "learned" how to survive and they would stand a far greater chance.
Also, I believe myself to have a finite memory. As I "acquire" new knowledge, I find myself forgetting some things I used to know. But some people have near total, or total recall.
Then there are people that make amazing discoveries that are centuries head of the science, and industry needed to bring them to reality.
I feel that the knowledge is there, just waiting to be unlocked, though most people will only unlock small portions of it, some unlock what we consider "new ideas".
Obviously making written records gives us the illusion that we know more, only because we have access to what the past knew, though I still hold, that we do not actually know more, we just know differently.
Anyways, long wall of text to follow, broken up by some sporadic uses of the enter key.
What if all the knowledge in the universe is "known/available" to us? And instead of actually learning, or methods of teaching, and learning are actually just unlocking the knowledge that is imprinted on every brain?
For instance, I don't believe humanity as a whole is any more intelligent than they were a thousand years ago. We are just aware of different things, with different priorities. Sure we have access to ancient knowledge as it was recorded in ancient writings. But for the most part, if you where to take a random person out of a major US city, and throw them into a jungle to survive, they wouldn't be able to, even if they had read a text on it. But take someone who "learned" how to survive and they would stand a far greater chance.
Also, I believe myself to have a finite memory. As I "acquire" new knowledge, I find myself forgetting some things I used to know. But some people have near total, or total recall.
Then there are people that make amazing discoveries that are centuries head of the science, and industry needed to bring them to reality.
I feel that the knowledge is there, just waiting to be unlocked, though most people will only unlock small portions of it, some unlock what we consider "new ideas".
Obviously making written records gives us the illusion that we know more, only because we have access to what the past knew, though I still hold, that we do not actually know more, we just know differently.
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