In the beginning, when the internet was just starting to take off, everyone thought that it would be this huge mind-opener and enlightener. But in fact, if anything, the opposite is becoming true. I would say that for many people, the internet has actually become a mind-closer.

What separates the internet from radio, television, and print, is the level of control that users have over what content they view, and the total amount of content available.

Since both sides approach infinite level with the internet, the result is that people can always find plenty of evidence to support whatever ignorant pre-conceived notions they happened to have.

People almost never do a Google search on something they have no opinion on; they do a Google search in order to find justification for whatever belief they already had. The end result is that instead of someone with an incorrect idea, you have someone that's 100% certain of their incorrect idea, and become active advocates for it.



Not knocking any fellow ATSers down but take a gander before you state your so called "facts."

Great post! I completely agree with you!
I think people should stop denying ignorance an instead start paying attention to it.

To believe in denying ignorance is to presume we already know a lot, enough at least so that we cannot afford to be ignorant ourselves. Or else we would eventually have to deny ourselves and that sounds like it can cause a lot of trouble to ones psyche.

Are we here to convince other people of our perspectives pretending that our perspective is the absolute truth or are we here to learn and to listen to what other people have to say?

We should start making more questions and gathering more info instead of being judgmental and imposing our perspectives on other people's perspective.

Sometimes what we call ignorance is just one more thing to learn from.
We should accept it as a gift, because if there was no ignorance there would be no learning.

[edit on 25-9-2009 by Geladinhu]

tell me something new really. humans find ways to make something fun to use to be more occupied. think about drugs and other crap.

To deny ignorance is simply to deny its hold over one's psyche and to take matters into one's own hands in order to combat it. It is to deny another's will over one's own will, to do what thou wilt. It is to raise one's level of vibration above ignorance.

(You just forgot what I said)