The strongest axioms human reason can construct—whether the constancy of the speed of light in the physical world or the abstract logic of 1+1=2—are, in essence, all subject to an “observer effect.” Among primitive tribes with no concept of numbers, or in dimensions beyond space and time, these axioms lose their force.
So long as we cling to a human-centered perspective and measure all things by human standards, we will never touch absolute, universal truth; we will only circle endlessly within a relative, local maze.
The ultimate answer does not lie in humanity “discovering” truth through reason, but in returning to a God-centered order: truth is not a tool of thought that humans choose and devise, but Truth itself (God) actively choosing and revealing itself to finite humanity.
The mathematical and physical laws we revere as eternal, ironclad rules are merely local graces granted by the Creator, allowing created beings to perceive.
So long as we cling to a human-centered perspective and measure all things by human standards, we will never touch absolute, universal truth; we will only circle endlessly within a relative, local maze.
The ultimate answer does not lie in humanity “discovering” truth through reason, but in returning to a God-centered order: truth is not a tool of thought that humans choose and devise, but Truth itself (God) actively choosing and revealing itself to finite humanity.
The mathematical and physical laws we revere as eternal, ironclad rules are merely local graces granted by the Creator, allowing created beings to perceive.