Name: The pursuit of ignorance
Uploaded: 2013-09-24T15:03:56Z
Duration: 18 min 19 s
Description: What does real scientific work look like? As neuroscientist Stuart Firestein jokes: It looks a lot less like the scientific method and a lot more like "farting around ... in the dark." In this witty talk, Firestein gets to the heart of science as it is really practiced and suggests that we should value what we don't know -- or "high-quality ignorance" -- just as much as what we know.

What does real scientific work look like? As neuroscientist Stuart Firestein jokes: It looks a lot less like the scientific method and a lot more like "farting around ... in the dark." In this witty talk, Firestein gets to the heart of science as it is really practiced and suggests that we should value what we don't know -- or "high-quality ignorance" -- just as much as what we know.

Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance

The pursuit of ignorance

Science is less a linear path to knowledge and more a journey through the rich landscape of ignorance, inviting curiosity.

Embracing ignorance, not just accumulating facts, fires the engine of scientific inquiry and fuels the quest for deeper understanding.

Exploring the brain's mysteries, neuroscience shatters the myth of comprehensive understanding, spotlighting the value of ignorance.