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>Where is the evidence that we can't explain reality?
Think about what it would mean to explain something.
Empiricism, i.e. science, considers what we experience to be reality. It then uses experience (testing) to explain what we experience. As you may notice this is circular. Science seeks to understand what we experience, it isn't interested in explaining reality in a fundamental way and in fact refuses to do so as it would be unscientific.
On the other hand we have the various forms of metaphysics. Unlike science metaphysics doesn't trust what we experience outright because it considers truth to be something independent of experience. Which means that, by it's own premise, an ultimate explanation of reality cannot be reached as the evidence is considered unreliable.
In either case, science or metaphysics, the conclusion is that reality cannot be explained.
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