The Impossibility of Gaining Omniscence

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The Impossibility Of Gaining Omniscence

  1. Infinity refers to a potential, not an actual---infinity means larger than any specific quantity, which means no specific quantity.

  2. At any point in gaining knowledge you must have gained a specific amount of knowledge.

  3. Therefore you cannot gain infinite knowledge.

  4. Omniscence is infinite knowledge.

  5. You cannot gain infinite knowledge.

  6. Therefore you cannot gain omniscence.