Ignorance

Ignorance is a lack of knowledge, information and understanding. Deliberate ignorance is a culturally-induced phenomenon, the study of which is called agnotology.

tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses

In Islamic salvation history, the Jāhiliyyah (Age of Ignorance) is an Arabic expression for an era of pre-Islamic Arabia as a whole or only of the Hejaz leading up to the lifetime of Muhammad.

logical fallacy that, since proposition has not yet been proven false, it must be true

informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives, when in fact there is at least one additional option

in Buddhism, fundamental ignorance

famous saying by Socrates

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type of fallacy, where a proposition is assumed as a premise, which itself needs a proof and directly entails the conclusion

cognitive bias that assumes that actions will have morally fair and fitting consequences for the actor

thumb|right|upright=1.35 |Having called conclusions about human-caused climate change "alarmist", contrary to the [[scientific consensus on climate change, Republican Senator Jim Inhofe displayed a snowball—in winter—as evidence the globe was not warming, in a year that was found to be Earth's warmest to date. The director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies distinguished local weather in a single location in a single week from global climate change.]] Within the sociology of knowledge, agnotology (formerly agnatology) is the study of deliberate, culturally cultivated ignorance or do

uncertainty experienced in military operations

Confabulation is a memory error consisting of the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world. It is generally associated with certain types of brain damage (especially aneurysm in the anterior communicating artery) or a specific subset of dementias. While still an area of ongoing research, the basal forebrain is implicated in the phenomenon of confabulation. People who confabulate present with incorrect memories ranging from subtle inaccuracies to surreal fabrications, and may include confusion or distortion in the temporal framing (timing, seque

legal principle

"we do not & will not know" — maxim refering to the limits of scientific knowledge

situation in which a majority of group members privately reject a norm, but incorrectly assume that most others accept it, and therefore go along with it

social role or stock character; person locally known for ignorance, silliness, or mental disability

thumb|Stephen Colbert coined the term "truthiness" on his political satire show [[The Colbert Report.]] Truthiness is the belief or assertion that a particular statement is true based on the intuition or perceptions of some individual or individuals, without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts. Truthiness can range from ignorant assertions of falsehoods to deliberate duplicity or propaganda intended to sway opinions.

phrase by Donald Rumsfeld

Sanskrit word meaning ignorance

study of ignorance in science

metaphor

Legal term for avoiding liability

unhelpful explanation due to its unfamiliarity

deductive fallacy

Poorly informed people who vote in elections