11-08-2024, 08:21 PM
Great inquiry!
I kinda went a different path with this. Denying Ignorance implies you didn't know either till you looked into it. Someone said something interesting so you learned about it. In discussing your thoughts it assists your own clarity.
Maybe you're right, maybe your mistaken, maybe your prior experience with a topic is now outdated since new information comes to light faster than it ever has. Either way Denying Ignorance is a path to clarity.
While the word belief gets pretty maligned for good cause, it also happens that someone can stagger thru a topic with epic levels of bad logic, faulty arguments yet still manage to get the crux of a topic or issue nailed down accurately. They believed they were correct despite not getting there the way anyone else would have. This elusive clarity really only comes thru discussion with others who are also interested in the topic/issue, with the politeness and the patience too let others express their idea's as best they can.
Deny Ignorance as a quick snark-fest began yrs ago with the meme of someone banging their head on a keyboard as blood spurted cause "Someone on the internet is WRONG!!!" Thankfully we've grown past that as the internet also grew up. (It's still hilarious!!!)
Basically I see denying ignorance as a way to sharpen my own thoughts, get my points poked full of holes if I'm lost in the weeds an occasionally maybe be of help if I know something. It's anything BUT negative!
I kinda went a different path with this. Denying Ignorance implies you didn't know either till you looked into it. Someone said something interesting so you learned about it. In discussing your thoughts it assists your own clarity.
Maybe you're right, maybe your mistaken, maybe your prior experience with a topic is now outdated since new information comes to light faster than it ever has. Either way Denying Ignorance is a path to clarity.
While the word belief gets pretty maligned for good cause, it also happens that someone can stagger thru a topic with epic levels of bad logic, faulty arguments yet still manage to get the crux of a topic or issue nailed down accurately. They believed they were correct despite not getting there the way anyone else would have. This elusive clarity really only comes thru discussion with others who are also interested in the topic/issue, with the politeness and the patience too let others express their idea's as best they can.
Deny Ignorance as a quick snark-fest began yrs ago with the meme of someone banging their head on a keyboard as blood spurted cause "Someone on the internet is WRONG!!!" Thankfully we've grown past that as the internet also grew up. (It's still hilarious!!!)
Basically I see denying ignorance as a way to sharpen my own thoughts, get my points poked full of holes if I'm lost in the weeds an occasionally maybe be of help if I know something. It's anything BUT negative!
