A New Form Of Ignorance

The main point of the article is that oftentimes, the benefits of progress can be harmful to tribal peoples since these tribal peoples cannot control their resources or create a distinct relationship with the market.

Ignorance is like going through life with shut eyes, unaware and unfamiliar. It is like a foreboding, grey cloud, – the colour of ash and soot – hanging above and blanketing people’s vision. Alternatively, in the world, ignorance has become a fluent trait in the growing population where people live through their lives in ignorant bliss because they do not take time to consider reasoning beyond a normal perspective. Ignorance does not always necessarily refer to one’s knowledge in an academic sense, but more so is one’s understanding of their surroundings and the world. Ignorance often defines and influences choices and ethics, and frequently comes from inaccurate beliefs, lack of consciousness, and misleading information; it will be people’s

WORLD BANK: governments play an important role in development, but there is no simple set of rules telling them what to do.

As the host of the political radio show, The Ignorance Equation, I see political trends and ideologies come and go on a regular basis. Over the past five years I have watched Republicans go from an angry bloodthirsty mob of extremist to a frustrated and confused group of voters who don't understand why rampant obstructionism hasn't fixed our political system.

“All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr suggests the overall theme of ignorance in the characters in the sense that the major characters do not truly comprehend the war that is going on in their country, along with the war that is going on through their lives. A few key points to understanding the theme of the novel is to look at the symbols that are shown throughout the novel. The blindness of Marie-Laure is a symbol that helps us understand the theme of ignorance through the novel. Marie-Laure’s blindness is both literal and figurative, because her blindness is a real, physical thing, however Marie-Laure gives a sense of blindness to what truly is happening around her in her life. Not only is the country she lives in going to war, but Marie does not understand what is going on when her family has to pick up and move to Saint-Malo, along with what has happened to her father along the way, including why he was taken away.

When Christopher Columbus first came to the Americas, his intent was to take ownership of the land. This endeavor was done for the king and queen of Spain which was granted because the universal laws of Western society of Christians. This was allowed through the religious based doctrine “Doctrine of Discovery”. Today, United States government still uses this Christian based doctrine to repudiate certain rights of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. Therefore, in this paper I will highlight the following three main points; what the Doctrine of Discovery is, what have churches done to repudiate it, and my personal views on the Doctrine of Discovery.

Criticism. In many developing countries within Asia and Africa there have been large injections of cash yet much of the population are still in the traditional society stage. Countries such as Brazil and Mexico have moved on to the Preconditions for take off (stage 2) economically, but in doing so have incurred massive national debts.

This paper looks at accountability when an event may occur, events that are man-made disaster, natural disaster, or planned events encountering a large number of people. Accountability is a part of all planning for any type of event that may occur, the response to any and all events, and the recovery process once an event has happened. Planning and recovery play a crucial role when identifying vulnerabilities and becoming a resilient community for the next event. Through research and partnering with Pottawatomie County Emergency Management (PTEM), a better look was taken into the process of the county becoming more prepared for any type of event. This paper is designed to consider accountability in how it effects the processes like planning

Well stated Bubba, but the populace's ignorance doesn't end with politics. Luckily That form of ignorance only rears its ugly head every four years when people suddenly become political science major's. Unfortunately, we live in a country where critical thinking is no longer taught and embraced, but instead shunned and seen as somewhat disruptive to the status quo. Through the influence and manipulation of the media by special interest acting in their own interests ,all news is filtered and edited to such extent that opinion is now construed as fact. A perfect example being global warming. With the awesome power of the media being corrupted to diminish their research's validity not even a consensus of the worlds greatest scientific minds can

Initially, chaos engulfs the mind, in a state of complete innocence everything remains ambiguous. Under the veil of ignorance one can reasonably presume that they have no control over the various events that transpire around them. In seeking control, people generalize, simplify, and associate the causes of events affecting them. Individuals essentially have a desire to see patterns. To understand reality is to gain a sense of control. Without control, an individual can feel a state of complete uncomfortable insecurity. This causes people to quickly accept things as truth without completely analyzing the argument. This is scientifically termed as Patternicity and it can have a detrimental effect on a persons ideology. It causes people to oversee

Charles Bailey, a survivor of sexual abuse from the Catholic church said once that, “I feel that some people have a hard time with the truths around us, not only the sexual abuse by priests, but all bad things. I call it chosen ignorance. This modified form of ignorance is found in people who, if confronted with certain truths realize that they have to accept them and thereby acknowledge evil, and that scares them. Opening up and letting the truth in might knock them off their perceived center. It is too hard, period.” (Bailey, 2017). The movie Spotlight focuses heavily on the sexual abuse scandal within the Catholic church and the crimes that were committed and addresses this “modified form of ignorance” Bailey was speaking about. Thousands of priests internationally were found to be guilty of engaging in inappropriate behavior such as molestation and sexual assault, two things which very clearly are crimes, but that so many got away with for so long. Spotlight tells the story of reporter Michael Renendez and his team at the Boston Globe and how they worked endlessly to uncover the deeply rooted and buried scandals of the Catholic

For my creative component, I chose to create a painting. My painting, The Rising Levels of Ignorance, plays on the environmental issue of rising water levels (not specifically focused on it though). I wanted to create a piece that focused on an array of different environmental issues that we choose to push to the back of our minds and ignore. I used an iceberg to not only show the effect of global warming on glaciers and the loss of freshwater, but to also use it as a metaphor that we just see the “tip of the iceberg” of the many issues. We often dismiss certain issues we hear or see in the news, and they often don't process in our minds and are just shoved to the back. Around 90% of icebergs are submerged underwater and sometimes we forget

The ignorance of the topic of another belief is limiting because this shows one opinion is ignored by another, which gives a negative impact of not listening to their opinions. As in the town of Hillsboro, people are limited to what is right to think, they are forced to believe in one religion and to listen to one's opinion. This is very limiting because it causes an ignorance among people not listening to their own ideas giving a negative impact. In the town, people only believe in the Bible and listen to one person who has the control. This causes a conflict because if all the people listen and follow the person who has power. Then, one person can have a different opinion on another. Everyone will ignore the topic and would not listen. This

Racism is a prominent social issue that has existed for decades. However, incidents such as the shooting of Michael Brown, the deaths of Eric Garner and Tamir Rice have brought the issue of racism back into the light. Today, this issue is a national focus among both black and white communities. In the midst of these massacres, many white people argue that segregation no longer exists and that the life of an unarmed twelve year old African American boy was not lost because of his skin color. Yet, those who are constantly experiencing redundant confrontations with the police because of their race argue differently. It is often voluntary ignorance that causes a white person to argue that it’s okay for a black person or Latino to get stopped by the police if they look “suspicious”.

Stol (2009: 14) defines policy making as a national government being able to convert its political objectives into programmes and actions to deliver the required outcomes (Stol 2009: 14). It could be noted that for the government to effectively respond to developmental challenges it should be able to have access of the background and complexity of the challenges. Such a process would assist the