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He emphasizes that technological advances—such as meditation techniques—initially dismissed as fringe now reveal significant insights into brain function. The same openness should be extended to paranormal phenomena, which have been consistently reported throughout human history, yet remain under-studied due to cultural taboos and intellectual arrogance.
The Limitations of Scientific Inquiry and Unanswerable Questions
Vaknin introduces a sobering point: some questions are fundamentally unanswerable—“undecidable," in mathematical terms. Examples include “Does God exist?” or “What is consciousness?” Both pose profound insights but are inherently beyond empirical validation.