#600: Finite Knowledge, Infinite Ignorance

Sigma Nutrition Radio: Evidence-Based Nutrition | Fitness | Health | Dietetics | Body Composition by Danny Lennon

Mar 31, 202602:00:12Health

"The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, specific, and articulate will be our knowledge of what we do not know, our knowledge of our ignorance. For this, indeed, is the main so...

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