Carl Sagan in his final year, on Charlie Rose: "We've arranged a society based on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. This combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces"
Why AI must learn to admit ignorance and say 'I don't know'
'I'd rather not know': Why we choose ignorance
Deliberate ignorance is useful in certain circumstances, researchers say
Ignorance about religion in American political history linked to support for Christian nationalism
Ignorance of history may partly explain why Republicans perceive less racism than Democrats
The field of "deliberate ignorance" studies the kinds of topics that people consistently don't want to know, which includes time of death, whether they'll get divorced, the sex of an unborn child, disease risk, and more.
A Fair Society Evolves From “Veil of Ignorance” – Mongooses Solve Inequality Problem
A Perilously “Profound Ignorance” – As Plant/Animal Diversity Wanes, Is Microbial Life Changing Too?
As plant/animal diversity wanes, is microbial life changing too? A perilously 'profound ignorance'
