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* [[Democrats]] refusing to acknowledge [[Barack Obama]]'s appeal to unpatriotic donors and supporters | * [[Democrats]] refusing to acknowledge [[Barack Obama]]'s appeal to unpatriotic donors and supporters | ||
* [[materialists]] refuse to address the impossibility of material explanation for [[migration]] and [[homing]] | * [[materialists]] refuse to address the impossibility of material explanation for [[migration]] and [[homing]] | ||
| − | * [[evolutionists]] refuse to address the lack of a plausible evolutionary path for the [[whale]]<ref>This is disputed by evolutionists at a blog worth reviewing further for plausibility | + | * [[evolutionists]] refuse to address the lack of a plausible evolutionary path for the [[whale]]<ref>This is disputed by evolutionists at a blog worth reviewing further for plausibility [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/02/two_tales_of_whale_evolution.php here].</ref> |
* [[liberals]] refuse to address how [[socialism]] destroys productivity | * [[liberals]] refuse to address how [[socialism]] destroys productivity | ||
* [[abortionists]] refuse to address the undisclosed harm to the mothers who have [[abortions]] | * [[abortionists]] refuse to address the undisclosed harm to the mothers who have [[abortions]] | ||
Revision as of 02:32, February 25, 2008
Deliberate ignorance is the practice of refusing to consider or discuss logic or evidence disproving ideologically motivated positions. Examples include:
- Democrats refusing to acknowledge Barack Obama's appeal to unpatriotic donors and supporters
- materialists refuse to address the impossibility of material explanation for migration and homing
- evolutionists refuse to address the lack of a plausible evolutionary path for the whale[1]
- liberals refuse to address how socialism destroys productivity
- abortionists refuse to address the undisclosed harm to the mothers who have abortions
- Advocates of the global warming theory refuse to consider any scientific evidence which shows that natural causes have always had a greater effect on terrestrial air temperature than human activity.
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Common expressions of deliberate ignorance include:
- I'm not aware of that! (without admitting a failure to look)
- I've never seen that in the New York Times!
- That's not what it said in the Encyclopedia Britannica!
- I've never heard my public school teacher say that!
- Let's talk about something else!
- I'm not interested in that!