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Originally Posted by somat
I'm not sure. Maybe it's because total ignorance keeps people from seeing the negative things we can really do something about. Whether it's just protecting yourself from harm or really helping others? Too much knowledge is overwhelming and can be paralyzing, we just can't handle that much constant anxiety. But then complete ignorance is paralyzing too - keeping you self absorbed as well and disconnected from the world around you.
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I know of many ignorant people who help others. Many non ignorant people who do not help others. And I know self absorbed people who arent ignorant and ignorant people who are not self absorbed...
I had this argument with a prof once. He gave a lecture on how critical thinking made us better people, even though it was associated with depression and suicide.
I asked him what, then, the point was and he didnt have an answer...
My guess is just that it helps people feel superior. And there is an evolutionary reason for critical thinking that is no longer necessary.