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Most scientists are bored by what they have already discovered. It is ignorance that drives them on.

Most scientists are bored by what they have already discovered. It is ignorance that drives them on.

November 12, 2016 Nate

“Most scientists are bored by what they have already discovered. It is ignorance that drives them on.”

Matt Ridley from The God Delusion, P. 125


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