Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Confusion Vis-a-Vie Willful Blindness

Sometimes it is difficult to keep in mind that no-one is confused on purpose. Certainty is an instinctual survival enhancing trait, and the mind in its quest for "certainty" spontaneously seeks to ferret out and eschew error. So: since confusion exists in the mind as naturally occurring entropy, and clarity exists as the dissipation of said entropy, it would seem that everyone has the right to their own confusion, and that everyone has at least the potential for clarity.


Be that as it may, an old, tired, shopworn phrase comes to mind.

"There is none so blind as one who will not see"


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