# Kevin B. Jones: Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine

Science is a learning process that involves experimentation, failure and revision — and the science of medicine is no exception. Cancer researcher Kevin B. Jones faces the deep unknowns about surgery and medical care with a simple answer: honesty. In a thoughtful talk about the nature of knowledge, Jones shows how science is at its best when scientists humbly admit what they do not yet understand.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2016
- Runtime: 17 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/KevinJones_2015X)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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