Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance. (Jane Smiley)

Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance.

Jane Smiley

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