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Losing our ignorance can be dangerous because our ignorance is a shield.

Dan Simmons

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Dan Simmons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: April 4
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Peoria
Illinois
Dangerous
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Ignorance

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