> even though humans are basically black boxes we can ask them questions in order to find out how they came to a particular conclusion. (How reliable the answers to these questions are is of course a different matter.)
You punctuate the second sentence as though it were of secondary importance. But in many cases, we have little ability to figure out how we came to a conclusion, while being much better at fabricating plausible and politically acceptable answers. I put it to you that having questions answered with plausible fabrications, is actually a significantly worse situation than not yet being able to ask the questions at all. At least in the latter situation, we know what we need to be working on.
You punctuate the second sentence as though it were of secondary importance. But in many cases, we have little ability to figure out how we came to a conclusion, while being much better at fabricating plausible and politically acceptable answers. I put it to you that having questions answered with plausible fabrications, is actually a significantly worse situation than not yet being able to ask the questions at all. At least in the latter situation, we know what we need to be working on.