Yeah, and partly because the bliss can be shortlived and have a very nasty ending that sometimes knowledge, even unpleasant or uncomfortable, can mitigate or avoid...
I use bliss as different than just happiness. Bliss for me implies longevity. If you know that that bliss will end shortly, then yes, ignorance is worse.
The question I really wanted to ask was the following: is having knowledge which leads sadness better than ignorance with the resultant bliss?
I guess the appropriate answer to your question depends on whether you value knowledge and the possible benefits it can lead to more or less than bliss.
And whose happiness/sadness.... Sometimes, one chooses sadness for oneself in order to produce happiness for others.
But, as I guess you knew when you posted, it's ultimately a question that has no logical answer until you specify what your goal is...
Also, why would someone who prefers ignorance to bliss take an english course that's the most philosophically based one available? Apart from the obvious that you think philosophy has no connection to truth ;-). Have you told Sirignano of your approach to the subject?
Because you can then do something to correct that which hurts you, and almost certainly that state of applied awareness is better than the one in which you were blissfully ignorant.
Are you saying applied awareness is better in and of itself? I don't know. If you are happy and you are ignorant, the only direction you can go is down, into the depths of depression.
Yes. I wouldn't be a good wannabe-journalist if I didn't believe in awareness, even if the first stage it produces is one of unhappiness. From there, you can only go up. And that's not true; you can be happy and aware - it just takes a while at first.
kevin, why would someone ask a question when they know that there's no real answer? people are different. some - like you - might prefer not knowing hurtful things. others feel that the only way they have control over things is just to know what's going on around them. they may not be able to deal with awful situations, but at least they won't feel like complete idiots who need someone else to enlighten them.
you don't need to ask. consider that someone else might take it upon themselves to let you know something important. it's better to know beforehand than freak out and cry like a baby when your friends take pity on you.
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The question I really wanted to ask was the following: is having knowledge which leads sadness better than ignorance with the resultant bliss?
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And whose happiness/sadness.... Sometimes, one chooses sadness for oneself in order to produce happiness for others.
But, as I guess you knew when you posted, it's ultimately a question that has no logical answer until you specify what your goal is...
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I'm so emo.
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