Ignorance isn%26#039;t bliss. You can%26#039;t help people if you%26#039;re ignorant you only refuse to see the truth. The only thing that can be seen good about it is that you don%26#039;t have to deal with the pain yourself, but can you live with the fact that others are in so much pain . . . ?
Pro%26#039;s and Con%26#039;s of Ignorance?
Ignorance Is bliss. If you don%26#039;t understand how terrible something is you don%26#039;t suffer.
But if you don%26#039;t understand how terrible something is or how erroneous your beliefs are then you can create a lot of suffering...
Pro%26#039;s and Con%26#039;s of Ignorance?
Pro - Life is easier (ignorance is bliss as everybody is so fond of saying)
Con - You loose most of your worth as a human being
Note that this assumes that somebody chose ignorance. You can;t blame people who don%26#039;t know any better.
Reply:Plausible deniability.
Reply:Everything have advantages and disadvantages.
They say ignorance is bliss but is it really?
Does being %26quot;smart%26quot; only have pros?
Pro%26#039;s: Ignorance = less worry.
Because they know less, therefore they will not be stressed about some facts. Take wine for example. Many people believe wine is simply good, but if you actually study a bit, you will realize that wine does damage to your memory. If, you are %26quot;ignorant%26quot; on this matter, you will simply not worry and enjoy. On the other hand, if you are %26quot;knowledgeable%26quot; on this subject you will drink a lot less, and suffer(because you want more).
Con%26#039;s: hard to make a good choice.
It is hard to decide on things when you are ignorant on it. Because it is likely that you will not be able to make the right decision. You cannot come up with the right answer when your equation is faulty. If you are knowledgeable, it is likely that you will make better decisions compared to ignorant people.
Reply:I am in belief that ignorance can be bliss. I do understand the value of being informed and or educated however it is still not a guarantee to success.
Ignorance is simply the lack of knowledge. An ignorant person can be smart. He or she can be very smart and able to learn if given the opportunity. In that way being ignorant is not bad.
I%26#039;m fairly neutral about it. We can%26#039;t know it all. There are things in life we won%26#039;t know. There are things we don%26#039;t need to know.
Of course sometimes ignorance is bad. Like elderly people get taken advantage of by crooks. A lady was ripped off by a computer repair man. She didn%26#039;t know enough about computers so she called a help desk. They sent a tech to her home and all he did was turn on the monitor. He charged her $250 to do it. That was one way that ignorance was bad. (The story was on the local news here)
It really depends on how you look at it.
Reply:PRO: What you don%26#039;t know can%26#039;t hurt you.
Ignorance is bliss. Not knowing means you don%26#039;t have to confront it. So, from your perspective, it%26#039;s as though it never happened. Even if at a later time, it crosses your path and forces you to acknowledge it, all of that time remaining ignorant was time blissfully enjoyed without confronting that reality, so it%26#039;s worth it.
CON: What you don%26#039;t know CAN hurt you.
By remaining ignorant, you allow the problem to develop and grow, potentially worse than it was before. What could have been quickly confronted and dealt with easily instead becomes so rooted and established that there is no easy way to undo it. And then, by the time it forces you to take notice, it is far too late to deal with it.
EXAMPLE 1:
An 80-year old man discovers he has cancer, and it%26#039;s terminal. It%26#039;s been growing in his body for 15 years, and now it%26#039;s so developed that he has only 2 months to live.
PRO ignorance - By not finding out about it 15 years earlier, he spent those 15 years enjoying his life. He accomplished a lot and wouldn%26#039;t trade a minute of it for another year of living.
CON - If he had found it 15 years earlier, he might have been able to treat it early, and although that treatment might have been grueling, now he%26#039;ll be able to live to 90 or 100.
EXAMPLE 2:
Hoping to promote green technology, lawmakers make it difficult for the energy industry to build new nuclear power plants, refineries, and other infrastructure necessary to plan for the future. They also disallow any exploration of new oil resources. Instead, they tell everyone to switch to flourescent light bulbs and make a movie telling everyone that the end is near if they don%26#039;t change their ways.
PRO ignorance - By accepting the premise, people begin to believe that they are important, and that the world promised by hippies in the 1960%26#039;s is actually possible if we all just work together.
CON ignorance - China and India becoming the fastest growing economies on earth, completely ignoring %26quot;green%26quot; initiatives and chugging out more pollution in a single month that the USA was producing in a year. They begin exploiting the very same oil reserves off our shores that we selected not to, and their consumption drives prices through the roof. By the time we notice, it%26#039;s way too late, we are totally dependent on foreign energy, and we are at the mercy of out of control price increases.
EXAMPLE 3:
People elect a very charming man to be president. He%26#039;s got a god-like rock star persona, even though he has no real experience, is extremely naive, and will certainly become a puppet to the real power players in Washington DC, who will easily manipulate his weaknesses.
PRO ignorance - People delude themselves into thinking it couldn%26#039;t get any worse than what they have now. Electing him gives them a chance to celebrate and feel good, and at least feel optimistic for a little while. If it all goes downhill fast and becomes 4 years of total economic catastrophe, at least they will have had a few weeks of happiness.
CON ignorance - By lowering their expectations, putting the rock star persona aside, and not really considering the person%26#039;s true qualifications, people end up electing a man who is completely unprepared and inexperienced to lead them out of an impending economic crisis. His ideas end up being impractical, make things significantly worse, and by the time people realize their mistake, the country plummets into more chaos and misery than at any time in its history.
Reply:Pro- Ignorance is bliss- you know nothing, so you worry about nothing.
Con- Stagnation- if you know nothing, and worry about nothing, you care for nothing, and then do nothing... including grow.
Reply:Ignorance is a lack of knowledge. I don%26#039;t suffer fools gladly, but I have learnt that people who don%26#039;t have my level of education, sometimes say the truest things.
An illustration of %26#039;ignorance is bliss%26#039;, in my personal opinion, is the people who complain about atrocities being shown on TV.
I%26#039;m not an ostrich! These things are happening and if you are a member of the human race, it%26#039;s your problem too.
Reply:Ignorance is simply and innocently...not knowing. Whether that encompasses creating a spread sheet or tying one%26#039;s shoes, if a person sincerely does not know how to do something, then every courtesy should be extended to help that person learn how to do what they want to do. Once a person has been shown how to do something and they master the skill, then everyone else should expect that the person is now capable of at least that particular activity, and can move on to the next item to be learned. Progress is made.
Stupid on the otherhand is a conscious choice of the lazy and unwilling. They prefer being or acting %26#039;dumb%26#039; and some of these folks deserve an Oscar in this category, because they do not wish to pull their own weight and work for the things they want out of life. Choosing to remain stupid, rather than learn is a choice, a bad one at that.
Reply:...pro: don%26#039;t worry, be happy.
...con: prevalent amongst politicians hard to avoid.
thanks for asking.
K!
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