====== Wikenigma - an Encyclopedia of Unknowns ======

//Wikenigma// is a unique wiki-based resource specifically dedicated to **documenting fundamental gaps in human knowledge**.

Listing scientific and academic questions to which no-one, anywhere, has yet been able to provide a definitive answer. [ {{NUMBEROFPAGES>:content}} so far ]

That's to say, a compendium of so-called **'Known Unknowns'.**

All articles are open for registered users to contribute and edit. {{:openacceslogosmallgreen.png?90&nolink}}

===== A catalyst for curiosity . . . =====

>//Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."//\\ // //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius|Confucius]]

>//If we want to solve a problem that we have never solved before, we must leave the door to the unknown ajar."//\\ [[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman|Richard Feynman]]

>//Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge."//\\  [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_North_Whitehead|Alfred North Whitehead]]

>//[...] it is the unknown that drives us as scientists. If we knew it all, science would ossify."// \\ [[http://www.4thestate.co.uk/2016/05/marcus-du-sautoy-could-there-come-a-moment-when-we-know-it-all/|Marcus du Sautoy]]

>//Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."//\\ [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun|Wernher von Braun]]

>//If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research would it?"// \\ [unattributed]

The idea is to inspire and promote interest in scientific and academic research by highlighting  opportunities to investigate problems which no-one has yet been able to solve.

You can start browsing the content via the main menu on the left (or in the 'Main Menu' section if you're using a small-screen device) Alternatively, the search box (above right) will find any articles with details that match your search terms.

If you prefer, you can also browse for    [[this>content&do=randompage|random articles]] using the link at the bottom of each article, or in the main menu.

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**Note on User Registration :** Currently, only registered users can create and edit articles. If you're not yet registered, but would like to be able to edit the content, [[info:notes_for_contributors:become|full info on registration can be found here]].

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''A special note of thanks to //Wikipedia// (with which //Wikenigma// is **//not//** associated).\\  Without it, compilation would have been very, very much more difficult.''

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