@Bretrick IMO there is no such human brain that has an empty mind. I really cannot say if mine is cluttered or not, but I do know that it is always striving to learn something new and store it for future reference. If I’m not raking through new info, then I’m setting my mind aside to be filled with music. Having recently kinda got a grip on Ukrainian, I’m now considering yet another language for a new challenge while my mind is still 100% under my control.
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I share Longdriver’s view that ignorant minds are not empty but filled with different stuff than that which they’re ignorant of. Ignorance is not just a lack of knowledge but often linked to an inner resistance to deal with a certain issue. You might say it’s rather an attitude, one of head-in-the-sand, than a real lack of knowledge.
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IMO it is our advanced mind and it’s constant striving for new information that raised us above all the other animal species on the earth. I fully intend to keep on learning until my light goes out 
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I think we might have been a little bit hard on the people who don’t want to learn the things that we do. The human brain is learning all the time whether we want to or not…There is some truth in the saying “I can’t unsee that” Which means that things are being recorded…Sights, sounds, Smells, tastes and touch from the moment we open our eyes in the morning. We file them away for future reference.
Learning comes in many guises, there are people who can play a musical instrument by ear, they have learned what each note sounds like and can instantly chose the correct key or string etc…I know people who can take the most advanced engine to pieces, identify the problem, and rebuild it perfectly and they have had no formal training. Another friend could deliver fifty or sixty parcels in one day. I actually went out with him because I didn’t believe his wild claims until I saw it with my own eyes…It was before the days of sat nav so he had to plan his route out on a map and he was dyslexic…
And finally, there are millions of hobbyists who build stuff even though it’s old technology, just to learn how it works…But have no appetite for learning something they are not interested in.
So I think ignorance is probably a word used by the educated to someone who they consider boring or lazy…There are many reasons why someone would ignore or pay no attention to certain things and until we find out what that reason is, we should not accuse them of being ignorant.
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In a way, ignorance is one of the biggest conundrums.
The physical nature of the universe, as we know it, exists in a way that we are to be ignorant of what lies in front of us. Is that blissful?
Likewise, the physical universe has stripped us from the ignorance past and present. We own knowledge. All societies demand it. Christianity would argue that we chose it. All things depend on knowledge, experience, and resources that enable us to survive. Knowing is results in a lot of hard work. Choosing ignorance of past or present a luxury of the physically rich. However, any bliss that comes with substantial risk.
Would you want to lose the bliss of ignorance of the future?
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Too bigger thirst for knowledge can corrupt the mind. Not all knowledge is good knowledge.
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I can do daft quickly, using a brian takes a little bit longer, so i dont bother
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I disagree Foxy. ALL knowledge arms one with tools to navigate life with. If you are not aware of danger lurking, how would you recognise it if it jumps into your path in life.
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Is it not the thirst for knowledge that temps people to take drugs just to see what it’s like LongDriver.
And young peoples minds are so susceptible to absorbing all that is directed their way, before they are old enough and wise enough to tell the difference.
“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing” …Apparently.
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I do find ignorance on some topics as blissful. Less items to clutter the mind. More time to focus on issues of personal importance.
Eventually as I get older, I find my mind slipping at times. Not quite ignorance, but blissful…would not trade the numbness of not knowing more details of noninterest.
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As we grow older time becomes more precious. Better to do more of the things we like to do and less of the things that upset us or don’t concern us.
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I’m too old for putting the world to rights.
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Me too d00d, not that I ever could, or wanted to…
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Same here. I never got the impression that I mattered . Why should I bother?
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my wife wouldn’t let me
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You matter Dachs. Not sure totally your response was regarding…work, family,…etc, but I can say with assurance you matter.
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I like this one. I use to use “he did it” quite a bit 
You matter to us Dachs…Happy New Year… 
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I claim blissful ignorance on many subjects on the grounds that I reckon I have enough to think about as it is without trying to gain more knowledge and have even more to think and worry about.
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Me too!
Especially when I think MSM is trying to force a certain story on us that probably shouldn’t have any more significance than the next story.
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