• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    19 hours ago

    It’s proud ignorance. There’s nothing inherently wrong with being ignorant of something, as long as you don’t remain ignorant after learning about the thing and as long as you don’t take pride in it.

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      18 hours ago

      Yes, for the more informed among them, you could call it that, or:

      “Strategic ignorance (also called deliberate ignorance or wilful blindness) is the intentional avoidance of information because possessing it would impose costs, obligations, or constraints that reduce expected utility.”

      Somewhat sloppyly adapted from Sweeny et al. (2010) and Sims (2003).