Concept in Definition ABC

Lack of general knowledge or in any specific subject

The concept of ignorance is widely used in our language to indicate that someone does not have knowledge some in a matter or in a matter, or that in the general plane the person does not have adequate intellectual instruction and cultural. Meanwhile, the person who is attributed ignorance is popularly called ignorant, being for most people a offensive and shocking name, that is why it is normally used in a pejorative sense and with the clear intention of offending someone.

So, the use of the concept of ignorance is given at the request of wanting to indicate the lack of knowledge, but this absence of knowledge, as we saw at the beginning can occur in an absolute sense or in terms of content concrete.

In the first sense, the individual in question or the social group totally lacks any knowledge in science and culture and is frequently used to refer to the total state of knowledge suffered by some social sectors, especially those with low income.

resources, while, in the second sense, the lack of knowledge occurs on a specific topic or specific subject and it could be said that of the two states of ignorance it is the easiest solution because it does not suppose a general absence of knowledge, but it occurs in a certain matter, for example in computing, and by case it can be corrected through attendance to a course on the subject or instruction on the subject by a teacher or expert on the subject.

Ignorance a problem that is difficult to solve

Now, the absolute ignorance of a person is much more difficult to resolve and not to mention if that person is already an adult. The kids have a sensitivity and a spontaneous facility to learn knowledge, languages, among other issues, when they are young, while when the person is already In adults, this inclination is not so permeable in all and that is why it is more difficult for older people learn.

Imperfection in the contents of the knowledge or lack of consistency in the information handled

Apart from the forms of ignorance mentioned above, total or partial absence of knowledge in science and culture, ignorance can be determined by the imperfection in the contents of knowledge or due to the lack of congruence of the information that is handled as true, for example, when someone says and disseminates that Italy is find in the continent American. As most know, Italy is a country that is part of the European continent and that is why in that case it would be providing incorrect knowledge.

When ignorance suits and is functional to the power of the day

Ignorance also turns out to be a good tool for those groups or people who want to maintain a certain status quo, because when people don't know something they will never be able to change it, because in order to modify any situation it will be necessary before know her.

It is often said and thought, and with good reason in some political contexts, that some political leaders do not really fight against ignorance and for the improvement of the education of their people because in reality their ignorance helps them to remain in power, because otherwise, with wise, thinking individuals, this would not be plausible since they would discover their tricks and bad policies, and would demand a much more committed and responsible action to observe that this is not concrete. And of course, they would be instantly out of power.

On the other hand, some religious or cultural beliefs can also star in ignorance and be a faithful reflection of the ignorance that we just mentioned and even more to contribute to spreading it and increase it. For example, a mother who first decides to take her sick son to a witch doctor in whom she fervently believes before taking him to a medical specialist. That action is a sign of pure and total ignorance.

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