Carolina QuotesWe 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 Connected to the Carolinas
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Quoted by author John Horgan in "The New Challenges," in Scientific American (1992), Vol. 267, Num. 6, page 20. https://www-jstor-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/stable/24939319?seq=1
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- 1992
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“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As ou…” John Archibald Wheeler. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F010BFDB1C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f010bfdb1c
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