"Understand", i'd say not much, but that's because human thinking is unfortunately not only a rational process. Since we're not computers, we do not only calculate objectively to analyse a situation: education, emotions and such interfere with and hinder our comprehension. How many people actually manage to "put themselves in another's shoes" to see a situation from their perspective ?
If you picture the sum of all knowledge as a sphere, most people only have a needle approach to it. An expert might have a needle so long it actually pierces through, but hardly anyone manages to have a global apprehension of any given situation, even if only superficial.
"Can understand", i have absolutely no clue. Neuroscience is trying to figure it out, and there's the legend that we're using only a tiny percentage of our brain's overall capabilities. But i don't really have an opinion on this topic: what matters to me is what i'm able or unable to understand, not what there theoretically is to understand.
Also, in order to even define what "the nature of reality" that i'd need to understand is, wouldn't i have to have the ability to understand it ?
"Understand", i'd say not much, but that's because human thinking is unfortunately not only a rational process. Since we're not computers, we do not only calculate objectively to analyse a situation: education, emotions and such interfere with and hinder our comprehension. How many people actually manage to "put themselves in another's shoes" to see a situation from their perspective ?
If you picture the sum of all knowledge as a sphere, most people only have a needle approach to it. An expert might have a needle so long it actually pierces through, but hardly anyone manages to have a global apprehension of any given situation, even if only superficial.
"Can understand", i have absolutely no clue. Neuroscience is trying to figure it out, and there's the legend that we're using only a tiny percentage of our brain's overall capabilities. But i don't really have an opinion on this topic: what matters to me is what i'm able or unable to understand, not what there theoretically is to understand.
Also, in order to even define what "the nature of reality" that i'd need to understand is, wouldn't i have to have the ability to understand it ?