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The Surprising Allure of Ignorance.
Aristotle taught that all human beings want to know. Our own experience teaches us that all human beings also want not to know, sometimes fiercely so. This has always been true, but there are certain historical periods when the denial of evident truths seems to be gaining the upper hand, as if some psychological virus were spreading by unknown means, the antidote suddenly powerless. This is one of those periods.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/ignorance-knowledge-critical-thinking.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eU4.ySwQ.Uzacz6AWQt4o #humanities
Aristotle taught that all human beings want to know. Our own experience teaches us that all human beings also want not to know, sometimes fiercely so. This has always been true, but there are certain historical periods when the denial of evident truths seems to be gaining the upper hand, as if some psychological virus were spreading by unknown means, the antidote suddenly powerless. This is one of those periods.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/ignorance-knowledge-critical-thinking.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eU4.ySwQ.Uzacz6AWQt4o #humanities