Reason's Fermentation of Knowledge

     Montaigne recommended that we live in a conservative state forever adapted to cultural customs.  As a skeptic, he believed the certainty of Sebold's proofs about the validity of Christianity were no less credible than scientific theories at the time.  Because both rely on reason and reason is inherently circular, customs should be valued over scientific progress, revealing a bias for his religious beliefs.
    This reminds me of Godel's Incompleteness Theorems, which showed that a "consistent set of axioms for all mathematics is impossible" (Wiki).  Or a mobius strip, where both sides of a circular ribbon appear to be the same, paradoxically challenging the entire basis for reason.
    Yet the progress of science, I believe, is that knowledge is certainly more tangible than it would seem in times when technology couldn't reveal it.  Depending on the century, people were more certain about natural laws than not.  This dependence presents knowledge as an evolving entity, becoming more substantial as it progresses.  You wouldn't convince a snail about the astounding implications of counting any more than an ancient nomad that the Earth revolves around the sun.  It seems the mobius strip and Godel's theorems can increasingly unravel upon greater intelligence, even if they are true.