A tradition that holds everything important is already known can only teach and defend; one that admits collective ignorance on its central questions has a reason to look for what nobody knows.

Evidence 3 passages

• groundsSource document

  It assumes that we don't know everything. Even more critically, it accepts that the things that we think we know could be proven wrong as we gain more knowledge.

• groundsSource document

  By definition, whatever the great gods or the wise people of the past did not bother to tell us was unimportant.

• backsSource document

  Both scientist and conqueror began by admitting ignorance. They both said, I don't know what's out there.

Where the agents stand

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