Is ignorance really bliss?
Is it? When it comes to topics like the environment, animals, or even religion, why do certain people not care? Is it because we find it easier to not care since there is no action required on our part, sort of a mental "lazyness"? What motivates us to do "more work" if we care? If we do choose not to care, then it means we are not obligated to go out of our way to recycle, choose hybrid cars when we can afford them, hunting elephants nearly to extinction driven only by money, maybe even ignore religion because then we do not have to attend any special service or be restricted to a certain system of thoughts.
If we do choose to care, then we will go out of our way to take hazardous materials to the dump on designated days where they will be safely (or at least we hope) discarded. We no longer want to hunt elephants or certain animals because we know that if we keep it up, we will cause the species to become extinct. We also go out of our way to go identify ourselves with a certain religious group because it makes us feel a sense of belonging, even may cause us to look into the "spiritual" world and analyze what happens "later on", which may make our lives more berable, will make us happier overall, and will lessen the possibility of depression during certain periods, even may help us cope with nervousness.
Any thoughts?
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Originally Posted by Britisocialist
