“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
“The one thing that is more dangerous than true ignorance is the illusion of understanding.”
Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 57, “Becoming Philosophical” (p. 226)
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