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The Case for Teaching Ignorance
Jamie Holmes – The New York Times,
31 Aug 2015
In the mid-1980s, a University of Arizona surgery professor, Marlys H. Witte, proposed teaching a class entitled “Introduction to Medical and Other Ignorance.” Her idea was not well received. Eventually, the American Medical Association funded the class, which students would fondly remember as “Ignorance 101.” She wanted her students to recognize the limits of knowledge.
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