Ignorance Quote by Daniel J. Boorstin

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

The great obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

It is the illusion of knowledge, not ignorance, that keeps one from growing.

— Jerry Uelsmann

The history of Western science confirms the aphorism that the great menace to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

The enemy of knowledge and science is irrationalism, not religion

— Stephen Jay Gould

The great enemy of knowledge is not error, but inertness. All that we want is discussion; and then we are sure to do well,…

— Henry Thomas Buckle

The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge of the enemy; and this knowledge can only be derived, in…

— Sun Tzu

Throught human history, illusions of knowledge, not ignorance, have proven to be the principal obstacles to discovery

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“We conditioned souls have taken shelter of the material body, which is full of troubles and miseries. Foolish people cannot understand the situation, and…

— Anonymous

There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

— Hippocrates

Probability fractions arise from our knowledge and from our ignorance.

— Ian Hacking