Difference between revisions of "Deliberate ignorance"
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* [[liberals]] refuse to address how [[socialism]] destroys productivity | * [[liberals]] refuse to address how [[socialism]] destroys productivity | ||
* [[abortionists]] refuse to address the undisclosed harm to the mothers who have [[abortions]] | * [[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 | + | * Advocates of the [[global warming theory]] refuse to consider any scientific evidence which shows that natural causes have always had a greater effect on terrestrial air temperature than human activity. |
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| − | ( | + | Common expressions of [[deliberate ignorance]] include: |
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| + | * I'm not aware of that! (without admitting a failure to look) | ||
| + | * Let's talk about something else! | ||
| + | * I'm not interested in that! | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 01:27, February 25, 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 terrestrial air temperature than human activity.
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Common expressions of deliberate ignorance include:
- I'm not aware of that! (without admitting a failure to look)
- Let's talk about something else!
- I'm not interested in that!