"Ignorant is bliss" Do you believe that, why or why not?
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To a certain extent, blissful ignorance is an absolute prerequisite for basic daily functioning. If we were not able to tune out most of the extraneous details, bad news, and the barrage of opinions from the rest of the world, we would be incapable of making decisions and acting on them. Imagine how difficult it would be to function if we were constantly weighed down by thoughts of all the ways things could go wrong or by guilt about all the misery and cruelty in the world. In other words, a certain degree of ignorance is required in order to get through life.\n\nOn the other hand, gratuitous or willful ignorance can lead to unhappiness. If someone willfully ignores signs of problems that might lie ahead, he will be unprepared to face them when they arrive. Likewise, ignorance about other people, other cultures, etc... leads to a lot of misunderstanding, xenophobia, and racism, which makes the world a significantly less blissful place.\n\nIn the end, ignorance can make our lives easier to lead in he short run, but can result in a confusing and unfriendly world in the long run. On the other hand, education, though it requires a little extra work, is definitely worth the investment.
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I was in ther prescence of a person whom I suspect to have been very close to enlightenment.  She always was kind and wise.  She did not criticise others and seemed to be deeply genuinely happy.  Life did not seem to have the ability to shake her at all.  She was like a rock...others came to her for guidance or help or sometimes just to be in her prescence.\n\nShe probably didn't even have the word enlightenement in her vocabulary, she definitely would not claim to have been.\n\nShe just...was =)
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I don't think this is something you can ever measure.  Awareness of what?  What "level" of awareness would one have to reach to be considered competently aware?  There are just too many things that cannot be quantified or qualified for data processing purposes.  \n\nAnother problem is that everybody thinks they know the truth.  If you talk to almost anybody (at least this is the way it is in the States, I'm not sure if it's like this elsewhere in the world) they think that they know the truth and what's right and everybody else is messed up.  The conservatives think they're aware of what's going on and they've got the answers and that the liberals are "out to lunch."  The liberals, of course, think just the opposite.  It's the same with individuals.\n\nHowever, as a very wise friend of mine pointed out, it depends on what the awareness is of.  For instance, awareness of hunger and suffering in the world is quite a bit different than being aware of traffic before you cross the street.\n\nHope this helps answer your question.\n\nFR
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yep fellows right smart people know they dont know everything and what they do know might be wrong-not bad question for this time of night-keep the peace old hippie
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Because ignorance is not bliss, it is folly.  Human beings are the only animals that are capable of laughing without the presence of sensation (i.e. touch).  Thus, if sensation is not present, then something else must be present.  This would mean that you "know" something.  Therefore, knowledge is happiness.  Rather, knowledge is the cause of happiness.
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without a doubt...we all are a little ignorant sometimes
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I think the simple response to that phenomenon is that ignorance is bliss.
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Yes, due to ignorance and lack of experience...
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ignorance is bliss...\n\nbut we'd better do something before it turns around and bites us in the a$$
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The one that loves ignorance.
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I do not think ignorance is something that can make us happy because, if we do not know a certain thing we definitely cannot avoid it, learn something from a certain happening or find a solution to a problem we are not aware of. Knowing what you know and what you don't can help you be the master of your own destiny and I believe ignorance is desired only by coward people. On the other hand, too much knowledge can make you become disgusted with life, to see the empty half of the glass in almost everything..information is indeed something that will not allow you to sleep at night. Try to read Anton Chekhov's short story "The Bet"
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Yes it is but the concept is -\n\nthat the more you know and the more you learn ,the more you realise how litttle you know.\nAnd at the end of the day ,the very wise man who has learned all his life ,and who knows just about everything,realises that in the great scheme of things ,he still knows nothing.\n\nBecause by then he really knows how much there is to know,and how far away, he still is from knowing everything
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some, possibly.\nbut ignorance is bliss, after all.
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You will have a great life!   ( ignorance is bliss )
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Not entirely accurate.  BUT... Everything I need to know I learned while researching Islam after 9/11.  If people actually look at the history, laws and doctrine of the religion they might not be quite as quick to call you ignorant.\n\nOn an unrelated note: Does anyone else find it funny that most of the people who use the word 'ignorant' are ignorant of it's meaning?\n\nmaddy005: It's that idiotic attitude that is wrong with people in today's society... Nobody 'forces' serial killers or terrorists into their way of life.  They make that choice all on their own.  This bull that floats around where everything is always some one else's fault is just that: bull.  People need to start taking responsibility for themselves and their actions.
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No, most scollars believe it is "Wisdom & Understanding." The careful reading of this Chapt also supports this.
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Believe it or not.\nHe is self-taught.\nAmazing isn’t it?