Summary of The Pursuit of Ignorance

Columbia University professor Stuart Firestein debunks myths about the scientific process – the idea that scientists methodically gather data to form conclusions about the ways the world works. He explains that knowledge rightly begets “high-quality ignorance,” which leads to more and better questions. It’s this “pursuit of ignorance” that he and so many scientists find exciting. getAbstract applauds this know-it-all’s learned observations about not knowing it all.