“Isn’t knowledge worth that?” Qala had asked.
“Questions are always more valuable than answers,” Nimma had replied. “I suppose if answers encourage new questions, they are valid. But this one? I do not think any of the major participants would receive the truth kindly, or willingly.”" - Meaning and context.">
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Chapter 17 (p. 196)
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He had looked at Qala then and said, “And I hope we never find out. That would make someone right and someone wrong.”
“Isn’t knowledge worth that?” Qala had asked.
“Questions are always more valuable than answers,” Nimma had replied. “I suppose if answers encourage new questions, they are valid. But this one? I do not think any of the major participants would receive the truth kindly, or willingly.”

— Gillian Anderson

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He had looked at Qala then and said, “And I hope we never find out. That would make someone right and someone wrong.”
“Isn’t knowledge worth that?” Qala had asked.
“Questions are always more valuable than answers,” Nimma had replied. “I suppose if answers encourage new questions, they are valid. But this one? I do not think any of the major participants would receive the truth kindly, or willingly.”" in the context of "Chapter 17 (p. 196)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Gillian Anderson

About Gillian Anderson

Gillian Leigh Anderson (born 9 August 1968) is an American-British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files, Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth, Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, and DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC crime drama television series The Fall.