We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.

Evidence

John Archibald Wheeler — Wikiquote (Wikiquote (Wikimedia Foundation))

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• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Life is full of unfathomable mysteries that elude understanding. — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 374; As the island of knowledge grows, so do the shores of our ignorance. — The Island of Knowledge: Science and the Meaning of Life; Human knowledge fails to answer life’s fundamental questions. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 64 (+5 more)

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