Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.

Brandon Sanderson
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Movies, plays, and TV shows have always tried to teach us something about life. However, many times the lessons presented are so far removed from real life that they don’t apply to us. The idea of ignorance being the natural state of the human mind is one of those movies that has become a classic. I do not think that ignorance makes us not want to learn. I have met many people who are very intelligent but are also very ignorant.

They are so stuck in their ways that they don’t know how to change them or figure out what is right for them. This doesn’t make them bad people; it just means they don’t know how to continue growing.

Source: The Way Of Kings

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