Ignorance: How It Drives Science Stuart Firestein
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Aug 27, 2013 - “Knowledge is a big subject. May 26, 2012 - careerandjobinfo's posterous · « Back to posts. Nov 13, 2012 - Ignorance: How It Drives Science Panel Discussion Wednesday, November 14, 6:00 p.m. And it is more interesting.” So begins Stuart Firestein's book Ignorance: How It Drives Science. May 25, 2012 · Ignorance: How It Drives Science · Edit · Delete · Tags · Autopost · Find A Job & Career Opportunities Today · 0 responses · Like · Comment. According to Firestein, science is about ignorance, not knowledge. May 30, 2001 - Active ignorance provides a compelling pseudo-intellectual belief system that insulates us from life's mysteries, soothes our anxiety, and validates our selfish animalistic drives. Oct 25, 2012 - Ignorance: How It Drives Science by Stuart Firestein "Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. Last year I came across the book, Ignorance: How it Drives Science, by neuroscientist Stuart Firestein. A lot more like "farting around … in the dark." In this witty talk, Firestein gets to the heart of science as it is really practiced and suggests that we should value what we don't know -- or “high-quality ignorance” -- just as much as what we know. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science.