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. ==