Ignorance Is Ineffective

Many people believe there is not a dividing line between ignorance and indifference, but they are more similar/connected to each other than people think and are the opposite of moral responsibility. In both the story “Night” and Elie Wiesel’s “The Perils of Indifference” the Americans(President) and the Germans both showed indifference toward the Jew during the Holocaust and World War II, which proves people are willing to sacrifice others to keep themselves safe and not get involved with anything that has nothing to do with them. Everyone on the Earth has a moral obligation to right the wrongs in our world to the extent where indifference can be justified.

Have you ever met someone who thinks they know everything when in reality they know very little? Or someone who thinks that they are smarter than what they really are. Numerous amounts of people are probably popping into your head right now. You might think that the one specific person you are thinking about has an inflated ego or that they are egotistical, which they might be, but there are real studies that show us that there are many people who "suffer" from this. A study held by Justin Kruger and David Dunning showed that the students that believed they did well on the series of tests, actually overestimated their abilities. Students that thought they did average or bad, actually turned out to do well on the series of tests. Kruger and Dunning were inspired to do this study because of McArthur Wheeler, who we will talk about later on. Although we tend to not want to believe it, most of us at some point have experienced the Dunning Kruger effect, whether it be with others, or with ourselves. Which leads me to talk about the time I experienced the Dunning Kruger effect. I thought I was clever and smart enough to hide a traffic ticket from my parents, and go through the whole court process without making a fool of myself. Obviously that was not the case. But before I jump into the story, let us talk about some background information about the

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.

Currently, there is no national standard regarding sexual education in America. Soaring sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates are occurring at a national level – there are approximately nine million new occurrences of STI's in the United States each year among teenagers and young adults alone (Alan Guttmacher Institute 2011). Consequently, "the United States continues to have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world—more than twice as in Canada" (Alan Guttmacher Institute 2011). This large number of infected teenagers combined with the startling pregnancy rates has caused a state of panic in many states, provoking discussion on the topic of introducing comprehensive sexual education into the classroom as a

During the war in Iraq roadside bombs were common, to help the war effort, what is now known as the Persistent Surveillance System, came up with a solution called Project Angel Fire to figure out where these bombs were coming from and how to prevent them. Thirty eight students worked on Project Angel Fire, in this project cameras

Some people are ignorant against their will, others know better. In the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, society has lost all sense of uniqueness and independence. Most people in the world of Fahrenheit 451 have conformed to their society because of the fear that taunts them. Those who are in charge, enforce the rules through perpetuating ideals using technology, the burning of books, and creating fear.

Throughout time individuals have had a tendency to be ignorant and insensible of the world around them. Whether they fail to notice a peers’ new haircut or that they are going to be alternating schools people may not realize occurrences that are taking place, some to the degree of misperception, hardship or tragedy. These conditions have taken place all throughout history, for instance the Holocaust. During this horrific period in time, the citizens of Germany were blinded to what truly was happening. Not only did this lead misunderstanding the conditions at hand, this led to millions of separations, fatalities, and devastations. It is confirmed in the articles “Prelude to War” and “Escape from Auschwitz” that although they obliviousness

The caption, “ignorance is bliss, and the motif of cause and effect relate to each other in “13 Conversations About One Thing”. Ignorance being bliss means it is better to remain unaware of the surroundings that cause stress. However, this ignorance is destructive to Beatrice’s perspective on the world as seen later in the film. In many ways her character represents a sunny disposition. Beatrice’s story is full of changes that can only be explained by cause and effect. Troy, a successful Assistant DA hits Beatrice with his car and flees in an attempt to save his career. Beatrice is being a noble Samaritan and decides to fix the architect’s shirt and as a result find herself on the same street as Troy. Following the accident, Beatrice’s life

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

Samuel Johnson once wrote, "Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal." In my eyes, he was very much correct. I say this because I see ignorance as being nothing more than a choice. A lack of knowledge or information is the denotation of the word ignorance, but that's not ignorance to me. To me ignorance is willingly doing something that is genuinely wrong and being aware of it. Being closed minded is a choice, and if you decide to be prejudice, to judge before learning, to be racist, to be sexist, homophobic, or bigoted against or for religion or a religion, you need to review your morals and opinions. I see it as a criminal act because everyone has the ability to change the way he or she thinks/acts. I once displayed a form of ignorance because

On June 2010 Bart Weetjens shared with his audience how he trains rats to sniff out land mines. Land mines still exists in 70 developing countries today. Land mines do tremendous harm to the people of these countries because they are denied access to their homes. It could also so cause serious bodily harm as well as psychological duress, and even worse, death. No one knows exactly hominy land mines still exists in the world, but what we do know is that they are killing innocent civilians. Weediness passion for rodent’s and his native sub-Sahara African people led him on a journey to teach rats how to sniff out land mines. The same passion is also put toward sniffing out Tuberculosis.

It is normal perception that our indigenous dog breed is just not capable with regards to being a piece of the bomb disposal squad in the security powers. But the Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF jawans in Kondagaon range of Chhattisgarh's Bastar have turned out to be off-base. As an examination, the CRPF 188 unit camp has prepared two indigenous puppies - Gullu and Rocky - to identify bombs.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that in an isolated system, there will be a natural tendency towards a more disordered state. When things or ideas are separated from each other, they are perceived to be organized. On the other hand, when things or ideas are all mushed together, they are deemed unorganized. The proverb, “Ignorance is bliss”, represents a very orderly state where opposites are separated. In contrast, the proverb, “The truth shall set you free”, signifies a disordered state where opposites are mixed together. Therefore, according to The Second Law of Thermodynamics, there is a natural tendency for opposites to combine.

In the story, “The Importance of Being Ernest”, by Oscar Wilde he uses ignorance as a source of humor for the scene in act 2. The whole conversation that Cecily and Algernon had is full of ignorance, it is humorous because they act so unaffected by it, especially when Cecily tells him that they have been engaged. The ignorance in the conversation definitely adds that piece of humor in this story. In act 2, Cecily and Algernon have an interesting conversation in the process of getting to know each other, when Algernon declares his love to Cecily and asks her to marry him, she answers him by saying that they have been engaged for the past 3 months, and he was completely unaware of it.

New york is probably known as one of the most rat infested city. There are many programs that try to end the rat dilemma, but the rat population is so large that it’s hard to control. Not only are rats found on the train, they are also found in neighborhoods such as the Bronx. Many people complain about the rat situation to the city, but the homeowners take no action when it’s time to clean up their own mess (Bragdon et al., 2007-2009). Many of the rats that are seen all over the city are huge, and go crawling around for any food that they can find, mainly in trash cans.