I like Astronomer Phil Plait's answer in Salon to the 22 questions BuzzFeed posted from Creationists to Evolutionists after the #hamonnye debate:
"'I don’t know' is an acceptable answer in science. It leads to asking more questions, which leads to more exploration, which leads to more understanding. Just being given an answer is like using the answer key to fill in a crossword puzzle. It’s no fun."
It reminds me of this video clip from the great Richard Feynman, "Not Knowing Things":
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