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#ignorance

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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.


Richard Dawkins


#almost #become #boast #boasts #claim

If ignorance paid dividends, most Americans could make a fortune out of what they don't know about economics.


Luther H. Hodges


#could #dividends #economics #fortune #ignorance

I think what a life in science really teaches you is the vastness of our ignorance.


David Eagleman


#i think #ignorance #life #our #really

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.


Bodhidharma


#ignorance #wisdom

Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't -it's human.


Desiderius Erasmus


#deception #folly #hear #human #i

In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.


Edward de Bono


#better #continue #doing #freeze #frozen

With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying politicians is putting our entire system of government to a death spiral.


James Bovard


#attention #attention deficit #combination #death #deficit

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.


Euripides


#gain #ignorance #misfortunes

Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.


Countess of Blessington


#chains #forged #ignorance #keep #men

Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.


Anne Rice


#bibliophiles #book-lovers #willful-ignorance #zealotry #enemy






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