Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in
a recent post "Fourteen Quotes in Praise of
Ignorance #2" [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
ABSTRACT: Stimulated by Stuart Firestein's
(2012) "Ignorance: How It Drives Science" at
<http://bit.ly/15NqzM1>, in this post I list
"Fourteen Quotes in Praise of Ignorance." These
quotes are listed in alphabetical order of the
first letter of the author's name: Cicero,
Disraeli, Dyson, Feynman, Firestein (3),
Laërtius, Maxwell, de Montaigne, Pippard,
Shelley, Wheeler, and Ziman.
[The present quote list is a sequel to: (a)
"Eleven Quotes in Honor of Inertia" (Hake, 2006)
at <http://bit.ly/1409kCn>], and (b)
"Twenty-eight Quotes Relevant to Overpopulation"
at the end of my post "L.A. Times Population
Report: Beyond 7 Billion - Fighting the Last
War?" (Hake, 2012) at <http://bit.ly/TeOpJj>].
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REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 28 July 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. "Fourteen Quotes in Praise of
Ignorance #2," online on the OPEN! Net-Gold
archives at <http://yhoo.it/15pF1ch>. Post of 28
Jul 2013 13:55:09 -0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold.
The abstract and link to the complete post are
being distributed to various discussion lists and
are on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at
<http://bit.ly/15eHCpp> with a provision for
comment.