general ignorance

People sometimes accuse me of knowing too much, saying, almost accusingly, "Stephen, you know too much." It's a bit like telling someone who's got a few grains of sand stuck to them that they're covered in a lot of sand. Considering the vast amount of sand in the world, that person would practically be completely sand-free. We are all ignorant, because there are beaches, deserts, and dunes of knowledge that we haven't even considered, let alone visited! Today, we have the entire storehouse of human knowledge at our fingertips with a single click of a mouse, which is wonderful and amazing. But the greatest fear is that this knowledge will become just another sacred text. What we need is not a storehouse of knowledge, but a storehouse of ignorance. We need something that doesn't offer answers, but rather prompts questions. We need something that shines a light not on truly terrifying truths, but on the dark, damp corners of ignorance. This book in your hands is simply a torch that can help us embark on that dive. Read it wisely, my child, for the power of ignorance is great.