Somebody who read my weblog from yesterday sent me an email and all the email said in the subject was "ignorance is bliss" and I have not yet decided how to reply to this so instead of replying directly because maybe the person who sent it is a fake person and you have to be very careful of fake people online pretending to be other people I have decided to write my response here in my weblog and maybe the person will see it.
I must admit I did have to google these words to make sure that I fully understood what they mean and I am of the opinion that ignorance is in fact not bliss at all. I think people say ignorance is bliss because they like to think that yes, in that moment, the less they know about troubling things, the happier they will be, but if you remain ignorant of something you are depriving yourself of being able to do anything to further improve your situation beyond your state of happiness to reach even greater happiness. If bliss is the ultimate state of happiness and if learning something new and expanding your belief bubble can make you happier, then you have not yet attained bliss without first taking those steps.
Or have I got this whole thing wrong?
I do not think that I do.
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