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gulliver

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5. America should be safe both for and from the ignorant.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 07:28 PM

Dec 2020

I have nothing against ignorance. I have a lot of it. Being educated is a choice people get to make. There's no reason they should feel bad about being ignorant about something, even everything. Ignorance is only wrong when it harms others. It's good to feel good about knowledge, but it's bad to look down on people for lacking it. If people mind their manners, are honest, etc., they're good folks, imo.

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"A Cult of Ignorance" by Isaac Asimov, 1980 [View all] LiberalArkie Dec 2020 OP

"My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." Kid Berwyn Dec 2020 #1

The last four paragraphs really resonate. ananda Dec 2020 #2

Do you think you have a special perspective, cilla4progress Dec 2020 #3

Yep, live in the Ouachita National Forest. LiberalArkie Dec 2020 #4

America should be safe both for and from the ignorant. gulliver Dec 2020 #5

Asimov did a version of this back around 1955, too. Archae Dec 2020 #6