{"id":41315,"date":"2013-09-26T11:59:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T09:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=41315"},"modified":"2013-09-26T12:02:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T10:02:24","slug":"stuart-firestein-the-pursuit-of-ignorance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=41315","title":{"rendered":"Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/stuart_firestein_the_pursuit_of_ignorance.html\" width=\"520\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What does real scientific work look like? 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