Just because you or I cannot comprehend something, does that mean it can't be true or real?

Hell no. But once someone begins to make definitive claims about the incomprehensible, we have the right to challenge them. (For ex. ';God doesn't like when you...';)Just because you or I cannot comprehend something, does that mean it can't be true or real?
No it doesn't. I cannot picture one billion dollars, can't imagine what it would look like or what the amount would buy but I know its real.Just because you or I cannot comprehend something, does that mean it can't be true or real?
';you don't see it until you see it';








How little we know!
1000 years ago the a computer was uncomprehendable


100 years ago a man going to the moon was uncomprehendable.





Anything we comprehend is just the tip of the iceburg.
What about if you can comprehend something I cannot? or vice versa? does that mean we exist in slightly different universes? where our own comprehension reigns supreme? or is there a universal truth somewhere one must discover and accept?





I know my answer to this. Do you know yours?
sure it just mean you do not have the brain capacity to obserb and accept ...
The inverse of your question is also true.





for example: I once comprehended that Pluto was the ninth planet in our solar system.





The search for intelligent life continues among those that love their version of the Matrix. How far down the rabbit hole of knowledge are you willing to follow?
You ask a very interesting question.


Firstly a distinciton mys be made between if just me and you can't comprehend it - in which case someone else can, and that can be very real.


However, if it cannot be comprehended at all, it means that according to our (perhaps limited) logic it doesnt make sense.
i dont comprehend how the universe was formed, but there is strong evidence that it was.
before answering i had a look through the answers you have with the hope that no one would mention religion. but they did.


what a let down. anyway, i have to say what do the religious ones say about this question? scientists manage to prove the target of their quests, we know the world and the universe exists, we know nature exists - so where do the religious people go from here as they have no real evidence whatsoever?


and before they angrily respond i ask - where's the evidence.
NO. Can you comprehend love? But is it real?
I cannot comprehend your religion, you cannot comprehend mine, and they cannot comprehend ours. But you believe in your religion, and when you do, you admit that it is real and true for you.
No, you just put it down to a higher spritual being (easy way out) or try and work out what the heck is really happening (scientific way).
no, cause then war ,which in completely comprhensible to me, as well as, advanced calculus would not exist,be true or real.





ignorance does not change reality, just one's perception of reality.
No, but just because somebody describes something imaginary as ';incomprehensible'; doesn't mean it's not imaginary.
Reality and truth are totally based on your perception of them. It depends on how you look at things or how you feel about them. You and another person could be looking or experiencing the exact same thing but it could still be different for both of you. So if YOU can't understand it, your mind isn't ready for that possible truth or reality, and it stays somewhere in that gray area.
I can't comprehend how electricity works but I know that it is real. Because we don't comprehend something, it still can be real.
I can't comprehend Quantum physics...it's real though.
No it doesn't mean it isn't true or real. There are many things we can't comprehend, that science tells us is real. Most people with little minds like us can't comprehend it, but they say it is real.
No, it may be more of a reflection of my or your ability to understand.
Architectual concepts of the tensile strength of materials was a concept far beyond our prehistoric counterparts.





Despite being beyond their comprehension they still used the knowledge for making vine rope and such (with as high a tensile strength as they could fashion). Accepting it as true is part of the way to knowledge. You must then further analyse it to truely comprehend it. Otherwise we would STILL be using vine rope and have no idea that steels tensile strength is FAR superior.





I suspect this question is feeding ammunition for a debate about God so I will add this. Can you further analyse it? Can you prove it true? Or most important of all can you demonstrate it? The existance of all is not a demonstration. Point me to the sky and show me God forming a star... THATS a demonstration. Even a talking burning bush could suffice... not as cool though








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Steal your thunder did I david :-p
Ever trip over the coffe table in the dark?


You didn't comprehend it was there did you?