In my mind, being ignorant of something means that you do not know of it in some way, shape or form, but being stupid means that you know of something but you still persist in rejecting its truth. Therefore, I view ignorance as being better than stupidity, because at least ignorant people can say that they have never heard of whatever it is, whereas stupid people say they have heard of it but persist in ridiculous rebellion against it for some reason unbeknownst to myself and others. What do y'all think about this?
2007-03-14
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For example when the bible says fools say there is no God. If you have not read the bible, you certainly would not know this and this is ignorance. But when you are told and you don't want to believe the existence of God and that becomes stupidity.
2007-03-14 08:03:01
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answered by Ptuan 3
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Being ignorant. People will simply assume you are stupid not knowing your true intellect whereas a stupid person is what you see. Also an ignorant person is able to change that ignorance to knowledge and understanding but choose not too. This makes them worse than idiots.
2007-03-14 08:03:13
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answered by You Ask & I Answer!!! 4
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completely agree, although i do think being ignorant can also mean that u have not tried to learn and are therefore in one aspect stupid. but i do think that stupidity is when u learn and reject or learn and ignore. i completely agree ignorant people are a lot more tolerable than stupid people because at least the ignorant ones don't claim to know things they dont.
2007-03-14 08:03:36
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answered by savanna m 2
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Stupid
2007-03-14 07:59:38
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answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6
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You have a good point. But ignorance can be cured by giving them information. Stupidity also includes bias.
Consider this: people who have been raised in VERY conservative environment. Would their hatred of liberalsim and anything against what they've been taught not to question be ignorance or stupidity? They don't know any better, but aren't willing to learn.
2007-03-14 08:03:22
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answered by GLSigma3 6
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Of course, being stupid is far worse. If a person is ignorant on a certain point, he or she can always be educated in the matter. But education is wasted upon a truly stupid person who refuses to learn.
2007-03-14 08:01:49
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answered by solarius 7
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I'm going to have to disagree with both your reasoning as well as your answer. First off in my mind I see ignorance as a choice to be uneducated in any given subject whereas stupidity refers more towards ones natural intelegence level. If you were born stupid then there's little that can be done to improve your mental capabilities. With ignorance you "choose" to remain uneducated, so you may be naturally intelegent but not capitalize on this strength and improve yourself.
2007-03-14 08:07:35
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answered by Got Questions? I've Got Answ 3
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Stupid.
I agree with you 100%. We're all ignorant about a LOT of things. I'm utterly and completely ignorant about knitting, the Russian language, caring for horses, and an almost endless list of other things. If I were stupid as well, I might convince myself that I knew a lot about those things, or that knowing about those things is utterly unimportant, or that it's stupid to know about those things. Fortunately, I'm not that stupid.
2007-03-14 07:58:47
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answered by Anonymous
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Being Ignorant is worse. You can stop being ignorant but you can't stop being stupid. Ignorance is something you create and you can help being, you can not stop being stupid.
Stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary.
Ignorant may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing
2007-03-14 08:09:01
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answered by Anonymous
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I think ignorance is worse because you cant be botherd to find out it only takes a minute to learn about somethong you dont understand but stupid people no matter how annoying cant help being stupid
2007-03-14 08:06:24
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answered by Anonymous
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