Not educating yourself and letting the blind lead you and influence you?
or
Having knowledge and facts but being in complete denial about the truth...
Which case of ignorance is worse?
Eleven answers:
2010-01-22 07:21:13 UTC
Both of them are bad, but if you have the knowledge and you don't face reality there's no excuses, so that kind of ignorance would be worse.
2010-01-22 20:12:35 UTC
If you don't have an education and you are being lead by the blind, there's little potential for you to escape your situation since you probably don't have the smarts to understand you are being lead in the first place. If you have knowledge and facts, at least you have the potential to arrive at the truth. It's more a matter of swallowing your pride to do so. Not easy for some, but a better position to be in than someone who is so ignorant they are clueless as to when they are being lead and influenced.
BTW, if that's really you in the picture, you can lead and influence me any time. You are HOTT!!
Faith
2010-01-22 16:28:49 UTC
Having knowledge and facts yet being in denial of the truth is pretty delusional. I associated the first one with some one naive, who doesn't really know themselves yet to trust their own actions or judgments. The second one is just some one who is probably more of a manipulator who knows how to bend the truth with brain teasing logic.
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2010-01-22 15:23:13 UTC
Having knowledge of the facts is the opposite of ignorance. You contradict yourself.
If you have the facts, you aren't ignorant of them.
If someone chooses to do something different with that knowledge than you that does not make them in denial. Thinking anyone who comes to a different conclusion than you do with the same information as you have is in denial about the truth is text book narrow mindedness.
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2010-01-22 15:22:37 UTC
Life is about trying to find a path that works for you.
For me, I really try to find "truth", and live by it. I'm not always sure I'm even NEAR that, but I try.
haha
2010-01-22 15:29:27 UTC
the first one
dirtysheets2729
2010-01-22 15:23:14 UTC
i agree with whit...........if have the knowledge and refuse to accept the facts that you already know, then you are much more dangerous. that person may very well be the one leading and influencing the other!!!
zellparis
2010-01-22 15:29:49 UTC
the worse thing i can thing of is being locked in a closet with you and you wont give me any
Lond
2010-01-23 03:42:57 UTC
the end is near
PERFECTION
2010-01-22 15:21:42 UTC
both are bad but i would probably say the second one is worse.
Scilla
2010-01-22 15:29:45 UTC
Both are equally bad!!
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