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Old 19-10-2004, 01:10 AM   #1
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Is Ignorance Bliss?

Ignorance is Bliss. Knowledge is Power.

Debate.
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Old 19-10-2004, 01:36 AM   #2
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I believe you just won the debate. Congrats!
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Old 19-10-2004, 02:59 AM   #3
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Old 19-10-2004, 11:24 AM   #4
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Ignorance is Bliss.

Ignorance is a bliss.... only if you know what you're ignoring.

That's kind of an intellectual black hole
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Old 19-10-2004, 12:06 PM   #5
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Ignorance is a bliss.... only if you know what you're ignoring.

That's kind of an intellectual black hole
that goes against the statement. ignorance is bliss because you don't know what you are missing out of. that's the point of the statement.

i often wish that i was more ignorant (not rude, i can do that quite well), that way i wouldn't be so stressed out and always worrying about stuff. plus i'd probably not overthink things so much, which is another one of my many issues.
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Old 19-10-2004, 01:45 PM   #6
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Ah humans are strange things. You see, most people would prefer to know, when they don't, and don't want to know once they have. Hey thats a catch 22 isnt it?

Even stranger, the human individual can handle the truth most of the time. Tell the group of people the truth, forget it, its all over. Better to leave the group as the dumb stupid animals they want to be. Thats kind of how governments work actually...
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Old 19-10-2004, 02:24 PM   #7
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i'd probably not overthink things so much

Thinking can never be exaggerated. :)
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Old 19-10-2004, 02:46 PM   #8
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Ah humans are strange things. You see, most people would prefer to know, when they don't, and don't want to know once they have. Hey thats a catch 22 isnt it?

Even stranger, the human individual can handle the truth most of the time. Tell the group of people the truth, forget it, its all over. Better to leave the group as the dumb stupid animals they want to be. Thats kind of how governments work actually...
That is so ridiculously true. :lol:
A person is smart but people are a flock of hysteric sheep.
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Old 19-10-2004, 03:56 PM   #9
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That is so ridiculously true. :lol:
A person is smart but people are a flock of hysteric sheep.
hence the mob mentality law, which came up on CSI Las Vegas before
when you have a large group of people, rational thought is often put aside in favour of emotional response
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Old 19-10-2004, 04:14 PM   #10
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Scripture says that "he who increases knowledge, increases sorrow". THis is because an increase in knowledge yields an increase in a greater scope of reality, which includes those things we don't like. Our reaction is to "make" reality into something different, by omitting or twisting those things we have trouble with. Simply not knowing, or denying these not-so-great aspects can offer a bandaid solution to a perennial problem.
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