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Thomas Jefferson

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson is saying that not knowing something is better than having incorrect information because false beliefs lead you further away from the truth. He suggests that it is safer to withhold judgment than to accept ideas that are actually wrong.

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