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Originally posted by pieman
ignorance is not shameful, willful ignorance is.
Originally posted by Cuhail
Denying Ignorance is not the focus of how full or empty the glass is, but, an active investigation to what is in the glass.
Originally posted by Cuhail
reply to post by ZeroGhost
Interesting analogy. But, wouldn't "Deny Ignorance" not be "half-full glass" or "half empty glass", but, "what the heck am I drinking out of this glass?"
Denying Ignorance is not the focus of how full or empty the glass is, but, an active investigation to what is in the glass.
In my humble opinion, of course!
Cuhail
Originally posted by schrodingers dog
Of course we could also change it to "deny over-thinking."
Originally posted by Springer
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Originally posted by cognoscente
Defy Ignorance would not provide a thorough enough investigation of this matter. By defying something we cast it away and refuse to acknowledge the matter's subtle nuances. To defy is to challenge, to resist boldly the prevailing authority. This, I fear, is too caustic, and only makes us appear to be advocates of our own claims.
Originally posted by ZeroGhost
"Deny Ignorance" is an unproductive attitudinal approach. It gives the impression we must cut off the process of solving the problem by denying it's reality. The better answer might be "Healing Ignorance", or similar.
[edit on 10/13/2008 by ZeroGhost]
Originally posted by TravelerintheDark
Originally posted by Cuhail
Denying Ignorance is not the focus of how full or empty the glass is, but, an active investigation to what is in the glass.
The hammer meets the nail, in my opinion.
To me, as I understand the OP, I can't deny ignorance since I know it exists. But I can defy ignorance, which to me would be the claim that what we're drinking doesn't matter by saying it most certainly does.