Jiro comments on Rationality Quotes September 2014 - Less Wrong
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"Unanswered questions" connotes different things in the two different places, though. In one place it connotes "all unanswered questions of whatever kind" and in another it connotes "important unanswered questions". The "cleverness" of the quote relies on confusing the two.
Important depends on whether you care about something. If you have a scientific mindset than you care about a lot of questions and want answers for them.
But you don't care about the huge number of questions needed to make the response on target.