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Tag Archives: knowledge

October 1, 2018

Ignorance and arrogance…

By Katherine ¶ Posted in Quotes ¶ Tagged arrogance, ignorance, knowledge, truth ¶ 2 Comments

“It’s very difficult to dispel ignorance if you retain arrogance.”

(Sam Wilson, in Ken Burns’ ‘The Vietnam War’)

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I think this applies both to the effort to dispel another’s ignorance, as well as to thinking your own can be corrected.

March 14, 2018

The enemy of knowledge…

By Katherine ¶ Posted in Quotes ¶ Tagged ignorance, illusion, knowledge, Stephen Hawking ¶ Leave a comment

“The enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”

(Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018)

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