Me an Ignoramus?

Some make sweeping claims of ignorance. But ignorance has different faces. We all have blind spots. Everyone has areas of deception. If we knew about all of them, no one would be deceived. No one can claim to have all knowledge. But we can all learn. The areas that are the most important to examine first would be those we are ignorant about obviously. But what is ignorance and how do we peel it back? That is what the next section is about.

Not all things we do out of ignorance are involuntary. One determining factor is how we react after receiving the knowledge. If a person lacks remorse he might as well have done it on purpose. So it seems that behavior after the fact contributes to what is voluntary. We don’t really have a name for a person who is was ignorant but shows no remorse when understanding is given. There are also different kinds of acts out of ignorance. If a person claim to be unaware, it could be that there was no knowledge at all or that a person was impaired at the time such as when one is drunk or in a rage.

Are people inherently bad or are they just acting out of ignorance? It is a good question. Those who blatantly do wrong justify their actions and consider them good somehow. So it can be said that they are ignorant. People get hung up on origins on who’s to blame for their blatant acts. Was it the parents, a past event or the “sin” nature? Are some people simply born bad? To go deeply into that subject requires a lot of speculation and opinion. We are interested in what can be studied and clearly seen. If what was done was done on purpose, there has to be reasoning behind it. That is what we are looking into next: The wicked person. When we use the word person in this study, we really mean persona. They lurk within all of us. So we are talking about ourselves and it adds to the fun..