Ignorance

Ignorance and insight go hand in hand when analyzing themes in, Oedipus the King. Ignorance can occur from a lack of knowledge or information, and it can be caused by a person’s disregard for the truth. Oedipus is both unknowledgeable and oblivious. In opposition to the theme of ignorance, the theme of insight is presented in the play. While some characters are blinded, others know a tremendous amount of information, and this aspect creates conflict between individuals and pins those who know…

It can take time to finally accept this truth, but once it is understood, it will change their life. In both “Allegory Of The Cave” by the philosopher Plato, and The Matrix by the Wachowskis’, it can be seen that when man is blinded by his own ignorance and given an opportunity to learn, he is pained by the visions of enlightenment, but with time, will seek out those who are not as knowledgeable, and teach them his ways. In both “Allegory of the Cave” and The Matrix…

I learned that ignorance impedes progress. This isn’t a narcissistic claim that I have all the answers, rather, I learned from this class that no one has the knowledge necessary to make informed decisions. There were times that I would listen to debate and be appalled by how little people knew about the topic and how the policy being discussed would affect the topic. Conversely, there were times were I knew so little that I didn’t even vote. Recognizing the ignorance of myself and that of…

Fear, Ignorance & Myths=Epidemic Proportions A deadly disease spread faster than the science to treat and explain it, but years would go by before the American people would demand to know why, thereby creating a perfect storm. Fear and ignorance such as the idea that HIV was a gay person’s disease and contracting it was God’s punishment would fuel the power vacuum that allowed HIV rates to rise to epidemic proportions. Ultimately, because the American public believed this myth, these factors…

a hallucination, dream, or set in another reality. Kris even seems to imply that if he is dead, it is acceptable. It is non-instinctive for a person to not care about one’s own survival. Ignorance is one of the traits which affects humans on a lesser degree than animals, but when Kris begins to embrace ignorance, along with his isolation and irrational actions, he is dehumanized. As the movie moves forward, the difference between him and an intelligent animal decreases. The factor which…

“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe). Ignorance encompasses humans of today's society. Whether coming in the form of racism or simply not having a clue as to what events are taking place around the world, many seem to not care. Technology, although imperative in our society, generates a great deal of the ignorance in our society. Imagine if humans gained the ability to obtain this technology with just a chip in the brain. A portrait of this…

Oblivious Naivety Versus Hubristic Ignorance Morality, the judgement of right from wrong, is dependent on one’s conscience, yet the corruption due to ignorance can lead to vileness and immorality. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby satirizes the incorrect societal values and inevitable corruption with the existence of immorality in both the protagonist and the antagonist. Their false idolization of the personified American Dream and inherited social status results in the defiance against…

Ignorance everyone knows it's bad to be ignorant, but the they still do it. There are plenty of moments in both the movie and the book where they show ignorance. The whole movie avatar is people being ignorant about a planet they don't even know about. There are scientist who try to learn of the indigenous people by building schools learning their languages their ways of life the animals the trees. But the corporation could not care less about any of the they are ignorant that everything in that…

A Christmas Carol “Ignorance and want are man’s children and for the time being ignorance has doom of you, written upon his brow.”(Dickens 26) Ignorance consumes a man and all he is worth. Sure, he has money, but what else may a rich, greedy man like that say of himself. May he say he is loved, may he say he is popular among his peers. No. This man may come out on top, but he has no respect for what the simple pleasures of family bring and, as far as I’m concerned this man, Scrooge, lives a…

of seeing a doctor when they have medical problems. Sufficient number of health workers as a means of medical consultation becomes useless when someone who has the disease still consider the illness suffered is a mild problem. Causes of patient ignorance to go to the doctor may be due to financial reason, the distance, feel quite satisfied get the disease information via internet, etc. The first reason people not go to the doctor when they have medical problems is financial reason. Perhaps for a…