Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA24355 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 16 Mar 2001 13:40:55 GMT Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D3101745CE6@inchna.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Toggling nature's auto-erase Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 13:37:25 -0000 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>>isn't that what specialization's all about?
<Yup. Learning more and more about less and less until we know it
all
> about nothing, to use that little phrase....>
>
> There's a term for this: specified lack of knowledge. The more we
> question and seek to know, the more we find to learn about. But this is a
> good thing, as at least we know a little more about something, and become
> aware of what we don't know, rather than ignoring it, hoping it'll go away
> and leave us alone (like creationists and evolution).
>
Vincent
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