Agnotology (formerly agnatology) is the study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data. The neologism was coined by Robert N. Proctor,[1][2] a Stanford University professor specializing in the history of science and technology.[3] Its name derives from the Neoclassical Greek word ἄγνωσις, agnōsis, "not knowing" (confer Attic Greek ἄγνωτος "unknown"[4]), and -λογία, -logia.[5] More generally, the term also highlights the increasingly common condition where more knowledge of a subject leaves one more uncertain than before.
比較無知學（英文：Agnotology，曾做agnatology） 是研究文化中刻意引導的無知或懷疑，尤其是出版錯誤或誤導人的科學資料的現象。這個新詞是由羅伯特·普羅克特（Robert N. Proctor, ）所創造，他是史丹佛大學專長於科學與科技史的教授. 。這個字的來源是由古希臘語的字彙 ἄγνωσις（agnōsis，不知道的，來自