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Ignorance is a state of being uninformed (lack of knowledge).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ignorance )〕 The word ''ignorant'' is an adjective describing a person in the state of being unaware and is often used as an insult to describe individuals who deliberately ignore or disregard important information or facts. ''Ignoramus'' is commonly used in the UK, Ireland, and the US as a term for someone who is willfully ignorant. Ignorance is distinguished from stupidity, although both can lead to "unwise" acts. Writer Thomas Pynchon articulated about the scope and structure of one's ignorance: "Ignorance is not just a blank space on a person's mental map. It has contours and coherence, and for all I know rules of operation as well. So as a corollary to (advice of ) writing about what we know, maybe we should add getting familiar with our ignorance, and the possibilities therein for writing a good story."〔Thomas Pynchon ''Slow Learner'', Introduction, pp. 15-16〕 The legal principle that ''ignorantia juris non excusat'', literally "ignorance of the law is no excuse", stands for the proposition that the law applies also to those who are unaware of it. ==Consequences== Individuals with superficial knowledge of a topic or subject may be worse off than people who know absolutely nothing. As Charles Darwin observed, "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."〔 On related note, greater knowledge can, if improperly taken account of, work against you. See: 〕 Ignorance can stifle learning, especially if the ignorant person believes that he or she is not ignorant. A person who falsely believes he or she is knowledgeable will not seek out clarification of his or her beliefs, but rather rely on his or her ignorant position. He or she may also reject valid but contrary information, neither realizing its importance nor understanding it. This concept is elucidated in Justin Kruger's and David Dunning's work, "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments," otherwise known as the Dunning–Kruger effect. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ignorance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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