“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance”—John Archibald Wheeler
That is precisely the quote I was vaguely alluding to here—thanks ever so much for pinning it down.
A more cheering version: “The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.” Ralph W. Sockman
“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance”—John Archibald Wheeler
That is precisely the quote I was vaguely alluding to here—thanks ever so much for pinning it down.
A more cheering version: “The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.” Ralph W. Sockman