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'''Deliberate ignorance''' is the practice of refusing to consider or discuss logic or evidence disproving ideologically motivated positions. Examples include: | '''Deliberate ignorance''' is the practice of refusing to consider or discuss logic or evidence disproving ideologically motivated positions. Examples include: | ||
| + | * [[Democrats]] refusing to acknowledge [[Barack Obama]]'s appeal to unpatriotic donors and supporters | ||
* [[materialists]] refuse to address the impossibility of material explanation for [[migration]] and [[homing]] | * [[materialists]] refuse to address the impossibility of material explanation for [[migration]] and [[homing]] | ||
* [[evolutionists]] refuse to address the lack of a plausible evolutionary path for the [[whale]]<ref>This is disputed by evolutionists at a blog worth reviewing further for plausibility at [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/02/two_tales_of_whale_evolution.php].</ref> | * [[evolutionists]] refuse to address the lack of a plausible evolutionary path for the [[whale]]<ref>This is disputed by evolutionists at a blog worth reviewing further for plausibility at [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/02/two_tales_of_whale_evolution.php].</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:04, February 24, 2008
Deliberate ignorance is the practice of refusing to consider or discuss logic or evidence disproving ideologically motivated positions. Examples include:
- Democrats refusing to acknowledge Barack Obama's appeal to unpatriotic donors and supporters
- materialists refuse to address the impossibility of material explanation for migration and homing
- evolutionists refuse to address the lack of a plausible evolutionary path for the whale[1]
- liberals refuse to address how socialism destroys productivity
- abortionists refuse to address the undisclosed harm to the mothers who have abortions
- Advocates of the global warming theory refuse to consider any scientific evidence which shows that natural causes have always had a greater effect on terrestial air temperature than human activity.
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