In short, we need post-modern thought. We need absurdism. We
  need lying. We need to alternatives to reductionism like
  emergence, etc because: empirical, objective knowledge is very
  limited in scope. It is pragmatic and great for what it does,
  but it has to be kept in perspective. == empricism, objectivism,
  reductionism, had their heads chopped off in the late 20s/early
  30s by physics itself. Hanging onto it is a pretender's game. We
  know too much now and can't go back to the 19th century science.
    ==