In a world with growing problems of increasing urgency are people using some form of adaptive ignorance to contunue with their lives as though nothing could be done. Is this kind of attitude exactly why things get so bad?
2006-09-08 15:47:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I am looking for more of a dialoge on the subject rather than a short answer.
2006-09-08 16:10:50 · update #1
Of course there is - it can be seen in the actions and beliefs of the creationists. Each scientific discovery that adds to the overwhelming collection of evidence for evolution is met with yet another idiotic attempt to counter it with illogical statements, quotes from that book of super science, the bible and deliberate misquotation of comments made by scientists..
2006-09-08 21:43:51 · answer #1 · answered by U.K.Export 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Ignore the problem and it'll go away, some folks think.
Wish it worked - I'd love to get rid of my diabetes!
2006-09-08 23:04:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called complacency.
2006-09-08 22:48:52 · answer #3 · answered by Emm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is not my job man. Tell it to the union.
2006-09-08 23:16:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
stupid is as stupid does...
2006-09-08 22:49:01 · answer #5 · answered by KT 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋