WE'VE ACTUALLY gotten pretty damn good at understanding things.
If we take a look at the craft of engineering, it is an amalgamation of math, science, and physics applied into something that works! (Simplified)
We've learned how to set a goal and eventually accomplish it. Look at every invention ever. We've made it to the moon. We have satellites capable of transmitting a message to somebody across the globe in a matter of seconds.
The western foundation for "figuring things out" is a product of Determinism and Reductionalism. When we can predetermine an outcome based on conditions surrounding it.
Or, in other words, logic! Math and observation of patterns allows for having a grasp on what might come, and sometimes even why it will.
Despite this, though, we won't ever know everything. More specifically, we won't be able to predict many things. If we can't figure out something might happen, it's a fact we won't be able to know it all.
There are so many unpredictable (and in some cases, unmeasurable) factors to consider when trying to understand what's happening next. Even considering this, there are some things that we can't predict no matter what we try!
EARTHQUAKES are a natural disaster that we can explain. We know the process that occurs that causes them, but we can't seem to figure out what causes this process/when they'll occur.
Always able to figure out the why, but not the when!
