Bob Lake's veil of ignorance

Resist Bob Lake's theory of theory. And while his argument that he has no theory of theory is disingenuous, he is nonetheless right that it is no theory at all. It is a straw argument. And a dangerous one that suggests that ignorance is a value of the highest order. This commentary explains these claims and suggests a rather different view of what engaging with theory is all about than Bob Lake offers in his incredible caricature.