EPT[Philosophical Debate] Ignorance is Bliss? - Page 2
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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PH
United States6173 Posts
On September 20 2009 09:26 travis wrote: yes you can in fact that is the very source of fear, one of man's greatest stressors this entire topic is mostly semantics No...we're talking about ignorance. That's something beyond the scope of your current surroundings/situation/circumstance/etc. You don't think about nor abstractly know of something you are ignorant of. Fearing an abstract unknown (as to say, everything you are ignorant of lumped together) doesn't count, in my opinion. That feels more like a projection. EDIT fixed some wording. | ||
Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
Nirvana cannot be reached...unless you come to Korea with me that is... | ||
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Knickknack
United States1187 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=87955 To recap, this is my typical response to "ignorance is bliss": Clearly sometimes not knowing something can make you happier than knowing it. But I find this far from affirming that ignorance is bliss. If you take bliss as a kind of relaxed contentment clearly ignorance as bliss holds some truth. But if you view bliss as euphoria, I don't see simple not knowing something causing this kind of state. But rather than argue over terms can we at least agree that people with severe mental retardation are supremely ignorant? And as far as I know, these people are not more blissful/happy than the norm. | ||
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HunterGatherer
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
lol .. | ||
DivinO
United States4796 Posts
I agree the most with the definition that this can't be argued because our definitions of understanding were different to begin with. Thanks. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21242 Posts
Ignorance is what you/your friend makes of it, random people posting on the internet aren't gonna do much to sway anyone's opinion on the matter. | ||
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SwEEt[TearS]
Canada1575 Posts
I often compared myself to my friends (who, for the most part, are older) who seem to know less about the world and other mundane things because they just don't care and I seem to worry/stress much more than they do. I guess sometimes I wish I knew/understood less just to not care and be happier, but at the same time I feel I'd probably be frustrated because I can't understand some stuff. all in all I guess it comes down to the individual's ability to not over think stuff. | ||
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
but really, in order to have a decent discussion, the wording needs to become more precise for example, debating what "bliss" is another discussion in itself however, if you were intending to ask, "does ignorance lead to happiness for the ignorant?" i would say, usually yes | ||
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Gnarly
United States151 Posts
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