typeracer

The important thing to know about a "thing-in-itself" is that there's nothing to know. You don't even have a chance. The reason, according to German genius Immanuel Kant, is that our minds never come into direct contact with ultimate reality. Because of the way our senses work, and because our brains are prefitted with various concepts and filters, the reality that we perceive and "understand" is at least a step or two removed from things in themselves.