One of the surprising discoveries of modern psychology is how easy it is to be ignorant of your own ignorance.

Daniel C. Dennett
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  2. The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick. - Joe Abercrombie

  3. But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible. - Jane Austen

  4. It takes a very long time to become young. - Pablo Picasso

  5. Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever. - Joe Abercrombie

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  2. Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details.

  3. Philosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity.

  4. Some years ago, there was a lovely philosopher of science and journalist in Italy named Giulio Giorello, and he did an interview with me. And I don’t know if he wrote it or not, but the headline in Corriere della Sera when it was published...

  5. The secret of happiness: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

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