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Ignoramus is Latin for "we do not know". The English use of the word originates from the practice of English common law. When the case was criminal, it was brought before a jury of twelve men. If the defendant was considered guilty nothing was written on the back of the bill, but if he or she was considered not guilty, "they write on the backside ignoramus, and so deliver it to the Justices to whome it [was] rent into peeces immediately." (Sir Thomas Smith. De Republica Anglorum. 1583. Book II.18.) Ignorance is a lack of knowledge, or a willful lack of desire to improve the efficiency, merit, effectiveness or usefulness of ones actions. ... Ignoramus is a college farce by George Ruggle (1575 - 1622) based on an Italian comedy by Della Porta. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... This article concerns the common-law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; for other meanings of the term, within the field of law, see common law (disambiguation). ... Sir Thomas Smith (December 23, 1513–August 12, 1577), was an English scholar and diplomat. ...
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This notion was in stark contradiction to the accepted theory of the day, promulgated by Josiah Whitney (head of the California Geological Survey), which attributed the formation of the valley to a catastrophic earthquake.
As Muir's ideas spread, Whitney would try to discredit Muir by branding him as an amateur and even an ignoramus.
The premier geologist of the day, Louis Agassiz, however, saw merit in Muir's ideas, and lauded him as "the first man who has any adequate conception of glacial action."
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