...not everyone is willing to defend a position of 'not knowing.' There is no virtue in ignorance for its own sake. (B. F. Skinner)

...not everyone is willing to defend a position of 'not knowing.' There is no virtue in ignorance for its own sake.

B. F. Skinner

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