Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Great Regulars: That is why Maxine [Clarke]'s quip

has been so much on my mind. To define means to demarcate, to set limits, establish boundaries.

Ignorance, however, is practically boundless. The sum of human knowledge is a small and fragile oasis right smack in the middle of a vast Sahara of ignorance. Usually, we do not even fully know the little that we do know — hence the law of unintended consequences.

from Frank Wilson: When Falls the Coliseum: That's What He Said: The sum of human knowledge is a small and fragile oasis

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