Ignorance is bliss? A fundamentalist poem for those exempt from science class?

Question

How happy is the moron,
He doesn't give a damn!
I wish i was a moron,
My God! perhaps I AM!

Answer 1

if you are going to repeat that usually mis-used quote, at least use it right.

It is from Thomas Gray's “On a Distant Prospect of Eton College,” and the line goes “Where ignorance is bliss, / ‘Tis folly to be wise.’”

It is not a comment that it is nice somehow to be clueless, only that it ain't good to be smart in a time or place where idiocy is prized.

This is misused as often as it's 'cousin'- "a little learning is a dangerous thing", which is used to say that it is bad to learn stuff, while the true quote is from Alexander Pope and goes:
"A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again."

Answer 2

Nice work there, Cornholio. I'm glad that you've finally gotten something useful out of school. Find any TP yet?

Answer 3

There is truth to that. However, in most things I always want to know, regardless of whether it's good or bad.

Answer 4

You made me giggle, but it really is an insult. I'm surprised the conservative cohort hasn't collectively cursed your carcass.

Answer 5

I'm answering cause no one else has, and I don't want you to feel bad, bunghole.