Ever since the beginning of modern science,
the best minds have recognized that
"the range of acknowledged ignorance will
grow with the advance of science."
Unfortunately, the popular effect of
this scientific advance has been a belief,
seemingly shared by many scientists,that
the range of our ignorance is steadily diminishing and
that we can therefore aim at more comprehensive and
deliberate control of all human activities.
It is for this reason that those intoxicated by
the advance of knowledge so often become
the enemies of freedom."
-- Friedrich August von Hayek
(1899-1992), Nobel Laureate of Economic Sciences 1974
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"A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes."
-- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
(1729-1781) German Dramatist