There is no such thing as an 'absolute proof'...[this] is not hair-splitting but it has much to do with what I call “psychic reality,” a concept very often not understood." - Jung

What do you think of the current cultural trend to try to point to absolute facts and data as the ultimate reality of doom, gloom, and self-destruction? Why are the most scientific minds of these times also typically lower in emotionally intelligence (which was not the case in the past)?

"There is no such thing as an “absolute proof”; not even the Mathematical proof is absolute as it only concerns the quantum and not the quale, which is just as important if not more so.

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It cannot be an “absolute proof” because there is no such thing.

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I know that there is always something lacking.

Therefore I should be most indebted if you could tell me what is lacking, as you must have some definite idea of how such a thing should be proved otherwise than by the observation of relevant facts.

Please don’t be impatient with me.

It is not hair-splitting but it has much to do with what I call “psychic reality,” a concept very often not understood."

- C.G. Jung ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. II, Page 562