Personal takeaway (What is your

own interpretation of the excerpt?

Author’s context (What is
Highlights (w/page -        This may contain essential
the author’s intended
number): questions and insights about the
meaning of the excerpt?)
excerpt.

1.) The Scientific 1.) The author’s context is 1.) Humans still do not know the
Revolution has that it shows ignorance answers to most of their problems
not been a reigns the Scientific and questions. That is why in the
revolution of Revolution just as the topic Ignoramus, it shows how
knowledge. It has people are of ignorance is still evident whether
been above all a knowledge that is or not we yearn to know important
revolution of important or or unimportant knowledge;
ignorance. (p. unimportant; like humans have not yet learned
215) showing ignorance to everything that there is to
important knowledge everything. Hence, being ignorant
2.) If even and turning to to one in order to focus at another.
Muhammad, something unimportant.
Jesus, Buddha & 2.) The author’s claims are somewhat
Confucius – who 2.) Human’s knowledge agreeable. Hence according to the
knew everything and ability itself cannot reading, that having the ignorance
there is to know – solve and end the of thinking new scientific
were unable to world’s continuous discoveries and technologies may
abolish famine, fundamental problems. grant us power, when in fact it
disease, poverty & does not. Problems continue to
war from the 3.) The author intends that arise no matter how many of them
world, how could science itself is not just we solve. Though, this context
we expect to do an easy task, rather it should not intend to stop us in
so? (p. 226) undergoes time, discovering something new every
3.) Science is a very resources, people, and a day.
expensive affair. hunger for knowledge.
(p. 232) 3.) To learn something new one must
work for it and based on the
4.) They offer 4.) Politics are being kept context, it is rather realistic in
governments the out of the economy for terms that this does not entirely
same advice that reasons where the apply to Science only, but as well
Zen masters offer politics should not on other aspects in our lives.
initiates: just do influence the capital, Science and knowledge are meant
nothing. (p. 279) rather, the capital is to be expensive and worked hard
free to influence the for.
politics.

4.) Politics are being kept out by the

reason in which it is to reduce
taxation. Reflecting and
comparing it to our economy,
capitals with politics involved are
somewhat is undergoing
corruption, with the taxation and
government regulations.