9 Conclusion: what we cannot know

Congratulations on completing this badged course, Understanding science: what we cannot know.

During this course, you’ve explored the edges of our knowledge in a variety of scientific fields. You’ve reflected on what we currently know, and what we don’t. Going beyond that, you’ve examined our potential knowledge and considered the fundamental underlying question: is there anything we cannot know?

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Figure 6 What can we know?

Here’s Marcus to close out the course.

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