Ayn Rand

Zyphyre said ignorance is merit

if ignorance is really merit, how would anybody know?

aah, yes, the other thought I came to tack on to the end of this: "free speach is what enables people to express their disagreement with it."

"The refusal to know" maybe it's just a question of not willing to ruin the surprise?

yeah, but for how long? and for that matter, if you refuse to know something, how can you know if it's a surprise or not? I don't know. I'll just wait until some better idea comes along. I bet I'll be surprised by the answer.

In a sense, you could know that you don't know something, thus knowing you'll be surprised (pleasantly or not) when you find out. I know, for example, that I don't know if the hypothetical party tonight is going to be any good... The best thing I could do is "find out for myself" right? In a way, "the refusal to know" is not so bad if you re-word it a little: "The refusal to know for now, so as not to ruin the surprise." The comments in this rambling are growing similar to the ones for the rambling: Knowing the Truth (or not), about 3 ramblings back.