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Question: If ignorance is bliss why arn't more people happy!?
this was a thing to ponder on igoogle!.!.!.and it's driven me crazy since i read itWww@QuestionHome@Com


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i laughed when i read this!.!.!. it is a really good question!. i guess because people, even if they are ignorant, are so busy pretending not to be they forget to be happy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because we are living in the "information age," so people ain't ignorant anymore!. They can find whatever they want at their fingertips!.

Unfortunately I contradict myself, if the young users of Yahoo Answers are any indication!. They don't even know how to use Google!. They wait hours or days for other people to answer their question, rather than Google for a quick answer and get it over with!.

Not only that, they usually choose opinions, answers not supported by references or links!. The intelligence level of young American students is being "dumbed down" and they are doing it to themselves!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nobody is happy!. Some people enjoy more moments of happiness than others!. But really happy, nobody is!. Ignorance does bring some moments of happiness: The happy moments for the absence of the pangs of knowledge!. That's why it doesn't hurt when one does not know!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

because people are not totally ignorant!. the innocence of childhood is taken away and most of us spend our lives trying to find that happiness and innocence again!. that is why most of us like children because for a few hours we can pretend at least to be just like them and revel in our memories of being that age!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

because in their own little world they don't think they are ignorant and that's what matters!. in they're own little world people think they know everything, and besides ignorance isn't bliss, it actually drives some of us crazy not knowing everything!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because ignorance isn't bliss!. Ignorance is being comfortable and being bored!. Bliss is for those who really "know" what it means to be happy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ignorance is *temporary* bliss!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Curiosity killed the catWww@QuestionHome@Com

no one is completely ignorant!.Www@QuestionHome@Com