The 6 O'Clock Scholar

Article · 1984

Carol Krucoff's Washington Post profile of historian Daniel Boorstin (January 29, 1984) — the earliest verified print locus of Boorstin's line 'The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance—it is the illusion of knowledge,' widely misattributed to Stephen Hawking. An earlier variant appears in The Discoverers (1983); locus verified via Quote Investigator.