The
sociology of scientific ignorance (
SSI) is the study of
ignorance in and of
science. The most common way is to see ignorance as something relevant, rather than simply lack of
knowledge. There are two distinct areas in which SSI is being studied: some focus on ignorance in
scientific research, whereas other focus on public ignorance of science. Sociology of scientific ignorance is a complementary field to the
sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK).