The Age of Ignorance
You may or may not agree with his analysis of causes (thought I mostly do) but I think this guy's problem description is spot-on.
"We Live in an Age Where Ignorance Proudly Parades Itself as Enlightenment"
"Ignorance — of every kind, day after day. That’s bad enough. But ignorance proudly presenting itself as wisdom, truth, and enlightenment? In bestsellers, through YouTube “personalities”, by college professors? Now that’s tragedy and comedy both. And yet people buy it. Why? I think this weird phenomenon — of flaunting ignorance as grand-sounding enlightenment — is made of a fatal cocktail of cognitive dissonance, infantile regression, and malignant narcissism."
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I don't think ignorance is parading itself as enlightenment so much as parading itself as sufficient. Ignorance bases ityself on 'gut feelings' and 'just knowing', and believing men with charisma and the gift of the gab , rather than thinking critically. I believe the only way to overcome this is to educate our young people to think critically.
CeliaVL
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Nov 12, 2018
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Sadly true. Just a look at the highest rated reality shows on TV (Big Brother, Survivor, The Bachelor/Bachlorette), You Tube, our current president who also had a “reality” show. Even so many of the movies made today are simple minded. I will never forget when my step-son was around nine or ten, and had been separated from me for about five years, he thought professional wrestling was real. The guy my ex was living with was a moron! ? It took a few years back together to get him straightened out!
Barnie2years
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Nov 11, 2018
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