Truth and Ignorance
Truth: a fact or belief that is accepted as true
Ignorance: lack of knowledge or information
Imagine you were in a world, and you find out that the world you're living in, the world as you know it, was fake. A chimera that you've been taught to believe is real. Would you want to live in the truth, or go back to the ignorance.
You might choose to live in the truth, but what if the truth was unbearable. The Truth was something you couldn't even dream up.
In
The Matrix, Neo is introduced to reality, a world completely unlike the ones he thought he'd been living in for years.
He's asked to choose between reality and ignorance when he's given the choice between the red and the blue pill.
The red pill will only submerge him deeper into reality, whereas the blue pill will send him back into ignorance where he can continue to live the life that he had previously been living.
The question then naturally arises, which pill would you have taken?
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Right now, I believe that the world I'm living in is true. The blanket over my legs is one I put there, and my dog is on my bed because he's my dog and
my family bought him, not the matrix. But what if I am not actually living in the truth, what if I'm actually the ignorant one and I
am in fact living in the matrix. How do I know? You don't, but that's another blog post. see
this post
Ignorance and truth, although seemingly not extremely related, can be seen as both opposites, as well as extremely relevant.
In order for you to be ignorant, there must be a truth to ignore. If you use the word ignore though, that implies that you are aware that there is the possibility of something more than your ignorant life....
cue Twilight zone music.
