Ignorance & Questions @ Comprehensivist Wednesdays

Is science driven by ignorance? Is the primary output (and input) of science ignorance? Is there a difference between low and high quality ignorance? Is high quality ignorance the result we should expect from good science? Is ignorance the engine that drives science? Simply put is science about Ignorance? Are knowledge and ignorance akin to the figure-ground distinction in perception? Would a new field exploring ignorance be a profound tool to help us better understand and appreciate the mysteries of science?

According to neuroscientist Stuart Firestein, the answer to all of these questions is 'yes'!

"Knowledge is a big subject. Ignorance is bigger. And it is more interesting." --- Stuart Firestein, p. 10

"Forget the answers, work on the questions." --- Stuart Firestein, p. 16

"Real science is a revision in progress, always. It proceeds in fits and starts of ignorance." --- Stuart Firestein, p. 22

The discussion will be based on Stuart Firestein's short, eloquent, 18 minute TED Talk. Please see it to prepare for the Meetup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq0_zGzSc8g

We will also be discussing the value of Questions.

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Welcome to the series "Comprehensivist Wednesdays". Transdisciplinarity, Renaissance humanism, homo universalis, and Polymathy are some of the ways of describing this approach which Buckminster Fuller called Comprehensivity and described as “macro-comprehensive and micro-incisive”.

An introductory series of videos from past events can be watched at
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkCiNL_gZp2chIX3Hk5gHXf9bzxcjVxNA

CJ Fearnley's site "Collaborating for Comprehensivism" has more information on the idea: https://www.cjfearnley.com/CfC/

July 15: Why Be a Comprehensivist? — a Panel Discussion. http://y2u.be/qjwTy6pGkNA
‪July 22: Louis Sullivan’s Ideas: Art of Expression & Form Follows Function with Architect Sherri Tracinski & Shrikant‬ https://youtu.be/oM8vbQQ-4MU
‪Jul 29: Humanity's Great Traditions of Inquiry and Action with CJ‬ Fearnley http://y2u.be/8RuHE_3FMUs
‪Aug 12: The Necessities and Impossibilities of Comprehensivism with CJ Fearnley http://y2u.be/u6372Te2YA8
‪Sep 16: The Fundamental Role of Story in Our Lives with CJ Fearnley https://youtu.be/4UvDO2z0bjo
‪Oct 14: The Comprehensive Thinking of R. Buckminster Fuller with CJ Fearnley http://y2u.be/sPjcJjnHzKU
Nov 18: The Value of The Ethnosphere with CJ Fearnley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgxwR29_WY
Dec 16: Value of Multiple Working Hypotheses with CJ Fearnley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpIHsVIzGlw

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