«Что мне нужно искать?» – вот то единственное, о чем бессмысленно спрашивать Google.

Большое влияние на первоначальную идею этой книги оказали работы Роберта Проктора. Хотя мой подход к теме никоим образом не связан с идеями Проктора, его работы по агнотологии помогли мне убедиться в насущности темы невежества.

Написать книгу было бы невозможно без содействия тех многих тысяч испытуемых, у которых нашлось время поучаствовать в моих исследованиях. Признательность также выражаю Трейси Бехар, Джону Брокману, Кеннету Карлсону, Брайану Кэткарту, Дэвиду Даннингу, Силии Харпер, Теду Хиллу, Ларри Хуссару, Роберту Ласкину, Морин Майлз, Эвану Миллеру, Дрю Мохорику, Билли Нилу, Лори Ортиз, Калебу Оуэну, Ходе Пишвайе, Генри Редигеру, Тони Скотту, разработчикам программы SurveyMonkey и работникам научной библиотеки Калифорнийского университета в Лос-Анджелесе.

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