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It's unquestioned that increasing knowledge is always a good thing, that the more accurate our collective view of where and what we are becomes, the better off we are. But this is entirely a matter of faith. Not only is the quality of being better off open to some dispute, but the forward movement of what we are is no more guaranteed by accumulating knowledge than the survival of an individual is guaranteed by the accumulation of wealth. It increases the likelihood, betters the odds, generally - but not always.
There's no guarantee whatsoever that knowing everything we can about life and ourselves will give us an advantage for surivival against unseen and unforeseen danger. We believe that it will. It makes sense that it would. It has so far, mostly, for some of us, who by virtue of having survived, become most of us.
Just as knowing where all the objects in a room are makes it easier to navigate through that room, and to find the objects we want or need etc. But it's not guaranteed, nothing is guaranteed. It's a matter of faith. The sight of a 12 foot snake in the room might well impede many with a paralysis of fear, where not having seen it might allow them to pass through the room unscathed.
It can be shown conclusively that belief in something, a comforting belief that confers a sense of personal security, will improve the chances of success for someone in a difficult situation. So that the truth of the belief, in that moment, is less important than the strength of it and the strength it bolsters.
The unshakable confidence that permeates the stance of logical positivism and its heirs against the increasingly hesitant voice of intellectual religious faith and its idiot sibling fundamentalism makes it seem invincible, but it isn't, nothing human is.
All it will take is one step too far toward the opening of some unrecognized Pandora's box and there will be no argument again.
Faith in science has its rational foundation, but it's no more universal and absolute than the closed tautologies of religious faith in the long run.
It is a good idea to know about things, but the idea that only those things which can be demonstrated can be known with certainty, and are therefore the only things that must be taken seriously, is specious and hubristic.