All problems are soluble with the right knowledge. That doesn’t mean we know the solution already, but that the pursuit of good explanations will lead to progress towards one. It also doesn’t mean that all problems are solvable—there exists undecidable problems too (like a mathematical proof that proves something is undecidable) but even that provides something soluble (the absence of a solution) and new knowledge can be created (what if this undecidable theorem were true?).
See also:
- Matter, energy, and evidence are all that’s needed for knowledge creation and therefore solving problems
- From the The Beginning of Infinity
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When Things Are Intensely Themselves
There is trust in the world when things are intensely themselves. Nothing is lying about what it is and what it is not. Everything can be taken at face value—good willed or bad intentioned. It evokes a feeling of simplicity that comes when all things seem knowable and all problems are soluble.
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Problems Are Conflicts Between Ideas
The essence of problems is when two ideas come into conflict with each other. Sometimes that’s the conflict between an explanation and a better explanation. Other times it’s the conflict between the current state of being and what you want. Without conflict, there is no problem.