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EPISODE · Nov 10, 2013 · 19 MIN

How Ignorance Drives Science

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Moe and Stuart discuss the importance of ignorance and how it drives science. Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science.

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Moe and Stuart discuss the importance of ignorance and how it drives science. Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science.

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