True science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True science teaches humility through doubt and admitting ignorance.
- In plain terms
- Science makes you doubt and know you know less.
- What can you take from it?
- Stay humble about what you know.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does doubt help science?
- Are you humble about your knowledge?
Another view
Science also produces confident facts.
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