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Burke and the Edinburgh phrenologists. The Atlas (15 Feb 1829)
The origin of all science is in the desire to know causes; and the origin of all false science and imposture is in the desire to accept false causes rather than none; or, which is the same thing, in the unwillingness to acknowledge our own ignorance.
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Our interpretation.
Hazlitt says real science begins with wanting to know why things happen. Fake science begins when we grab any explanation just to avoid saying 'I don't know.' In his view, admitting ignorance is the honest starting point.
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