Understanding Ignorance: The Surprising Impact of What We Don't Know (MIT Press) by Daniel R. DeNicolaEnglish | August 11th, 2017 | ASIN: B074TZ2FDH, ISBN: 0262036444 | 264 pages | EPUB | 0.42 MB
Ignorance is trending. Politicians boast, "I'm not a scientist." Angry citizens object to a proposed state motto because it is in Latin, and "This is America, not Mexico or Latin America." Lack of experience, not expertise, becomes a credential. Fake news and repeated falsehoods are accepted and shape firm belief.