“Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science.”

Traduzindo para português:

" A ignorância profundamente consciente é o prelúdio para todos os progressos reais na ciência."

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)

Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance | Video on TED.com

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What does real scientific work look like? As neuroscientist Stuart Firestein jokes: It looks a lot less like the scientific method and a lot more like "farting around … in the dark." In this witty talk, Firestein gets