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What will happen if you are ignorant?
Ignorance can have negative effects on individuals and societies, but can also benefit them by creating within them the desire to know more. For example, ignorance within science opens the opportunity to seek knowledge and make discoveries by asking new questions.
Does ignorance lead to fear?
Dumb down the population and make them ignorant and stupid. Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate. Trump knew that part of the equation really well. And hate leads to violence.”
Is being ignorant good or bad?
If you’re in a position to change the world or make a difference, then yes being ignorant can be very bad. It kind of depends on your responsibilities though. For a doctor being ignorant of advances in science is a very bad thing whereas being ignorant of potential distractions wouldn’t be.
How does an ignorant person act?
If you describe someone as ignorant, you mean that they do not know things they should know. People are sometimes described as ignorant when they do something that is not polite or kind.
Why do people be ignorant?
The problem is that we’re all bad at understanding what we actually know and what we don’t. It makes sense. Those who are poor at a subject tend to lack the expertise to recognize how little they know; otherwise they’d have some actual knowledge. And we all have areas in which we’re ignorant.
Is it better to live in blissful ignorance?
“Is blissful ignorance better than the painful truth?” It depends on how much the topic matters. As long as it matters, the answer is yes, genuine is always better. In some sense there’s redundance in this. The word “genuine” already means something better.
What is the saying about ignorance?
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
What is an ignorant person like?
Ignorant, illiterate, unlettered, uneducated mean lacking in knowledge or in training. Ignorant may mean knowing little or nothing, or it may mean uninformed about a particular subject: An ignorant person can be dangerous. I confess I’m ignorant of mathematics.
How can we combat ignorance?
Educate rather than criticize. If someone is uninformed about a particular topic, respectfully listen to their opinions and respond with a counter-argument. If your immediate reaction to ignorance is to criticize, yell, or interrupt, the person will not listen to what you have to say.
Can you choose to be ignorant?
No one chooses to be ignorant. People come to an argument unprepared, or are legitimately ignorant of some realm of information that might be discussed, but no one chooses ignorance. Most people believe what they know is usually adequate. It’s everything they’ve ever known.