I've read 289 books in the past four years. Some were awful. Others were incredible. But I took notes on all of them.
I've never known what to do with these notes. Then I got an idea: I'll dump some of the highlights into a weekly article.
Ignorance: How it Drives Science by Stuart Firestein is about how progress is driven by what we don't know, rather than what we already know. A lot of the book is counterintuitive, makes you think hard, and will change the way you view progress.
Here are six things I learned from the book.
1. All science starts with ignorance:
2. Curiosity of the unknown is what drives progress:
3. Being open-minded is hugely important:
4. Questions are more important than answers:
5. Science really doesn't like facts:
6. These are the most important questions you can ask people:
Go buy the book here. It's great.
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