Limits of Knowledge
What can we know? Godel showed math is incomplete, Heisenberg showed measurement disturbs reality, and bounded rationality limits our decisions.
Three pillars define the boundaries of human knowledge. Godel's incompleteness theorems prove that any sufficiently powerful formal system contains true statements it cannot prove — mathematics is forever incomplete from within. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle shows that certain pairs of physical properties (position and momentum) cannot both be known precisely — nature itself sets limits on observation. Herbert Simon's bounded rationality reveals that even with perfect information, our cognitive architecture forces us to satisfice rather than optimize. Together, these results humble any claim to omniscience and point toward epistemic humility as a foundational virtue.