How to Explain Ignorance

First thing I want to avoid is mansplaining something:

Apart from that, addressing the issue of ignorance has many issues, problems and stuff like that. Awareness of ignorance is probably no easier than becoming conscious of what we have managed to repress into an “unconscious” state. Yet I wish to completely sidestep all such matters of psychology.

What I do want to address is the wide spectrum ranging from ignorance through oversight past focus (versus a lack thereof) to neglect and beyond (or whatever) … we seem to be aware of our own ability to tolerate some thoughts and ideas … more or less.

I’ve already addressed this somewhat in my recent posts related to mainstream media (see e.g. “Do Not Read This” , “Sensationalism, Individualism, Mainstream Media Bait & Switch Tricks” , “Self Mythology” , “Mainstreaming vs. Mass Throttling” and perhaps several others, too). Indeed: this ignorance topic is obviously a recurring theme — perhaps in large part due to the widely available information that humans are apparently shortsighted and easy to manipulate.

Take, for example, the notion that entering a few words into a company’s data collection engine might lead to something fruitful and even “authoritative” … especially when it is common knowledge that that company exclusively makes money from advertising. A business model based in advertising should not be considered a reliable, let alone authoritative source for information related to anything at all. It almost seems as if making a deal with the devil might make more sense.

An advertising agency’s client list is paying money in order to be listed among the results? Such results will not be very heavenly. A listing of crooks and criminals would probably lead to more trustworthy potential business partners.

Now think of all the people, businesses, organizations and such who are NOT to be found among the “Most Wanted” list of results.

You can’t?

Maybe the main reason you can’t think of these upstanding pillars of society is because you ignore anything not listed among the “Most Wanted” list.