Wikenigma is an online platform founded by Martin Gardiner in 2016, dedicated to exploring the unknown across various fields such as science, history, and psychology. The site aims to spark curiosity about unanswered questions like the mechanisms of general anaesthetics or the reasons behind human preferences for flowers and music. Gardiner, frustrated by the scarcity of resources focused on what we don't know, has steadily grown the site to over 1,100 entries, emphasizing the complexity of human experience and inviting exploration of curiosity even amidst an age of information overload.
Gardiner explained that he aims to curate entries that challenge common assumptions about knowledge, highlighting surprising unknowns such as the workings of general anaesthetics.
Wikenigma showcases unknowns across diverse fields, emphasizing the complexity of the human experience, and seeks to engage curiosity about what we don't know.
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