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There's nothing wrong with being ignorant. It just means there's opportunity for learning.
There's everything wrong with being willfully ignorant.
-- Me
Then you obviously have a completely different understanding of ignorance than I do. By that I mean someone who doesn't want to know anything about a subject, or even someone who deliberately insists on their opinion against their better judgment.
So my understanding of ignorance is what you mean by willful ignorance. However, this may be because the term is defined differently in my native language (German): what you mention first is called "Unwissen" (not knowing) in German.
Yes, what you're describing is what's called "willful ignorance" here.
"Ignorance" is used to mean simply "lack of knowledge" in most cases in English. It doesn't carry the negative connotation by itself.
I'm leaving the post up anyway, because "Unwissen" is also a very significant problem, even though I actually meant deliberate ignorance in the sense of what is currently happening so prominently in the US.
Post title works as-is, at least IMO. You can always edit it if you want.
A lot of it is willfull ignorance.
I feel like the people in power who take advantage of ignorance for purely selfish reasons is the root of the problem.
Don't forget about greed, it's the root of every problem that humans have.
COVID taught me that all the knowledge in the world cannot overcome a certain mindset, and an alarming percentage of people are of that group. You can provide all the evidence and education in the world, and some people just can't be helped.
this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2025
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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