First, all cultures, regardless of religion, have abused or destroyed large areas of the world either because of economic or population pressures or
from simple ignorance.
Rather than arising from conscious prejudices, the bias that is rife in the Valley is based
on simple ignorance.
«No mental tool honed by human intellect, curiosity and experience can long resist being dulled
by simple ignorance or stupidity.»
Many home purchasers, either in the desire to save the money that a good home inspection costs, or due to
simple ignorance about what a home inspection is, have spent enormous sums of money repairing items that any good home inspector would have pointed out.
«As a general comment they show a lack of appreciation for the physical scale of hurricanes and
simple ignorance of how they work,» wrote Hugh Willoughby, a hurricane researcher at Florida International University, in an email.
The misunderstanding of the true teachings of the Catholic Church are comical if not based
on simple ignorance and the rantings of uninformed, bigoted protestant pastors.
The reason I provide the biblical exegesis to refute homosexual bigotry is because it is almost always the result of eisegesis over exegesis (or
simple ignorance) and to those who believe the only source of truth is biblical, no other argument seems to carry any value.
It is worse than
simple ignorance: much of what people think they know is incorrect or distorted.
Nearly all these stories reflected either the caution of the moment, or
simple ignorance.
Popularizations often have this effect, but Bloom is a major figure and a serious literary critic (jacket - cover blurbs rightly identify him as «America's pre-eminent literary critic» and «the critic of our time»), so in trying to comprehend the level of the argument I found myself opting at times for disingenuousness, bombast or
simple ignorance of the field of biblical studies.
How foolish would it feel post-disaster if that attack were chalked up to
simple ignorance?
Often, a fine dog is released because of
simple ignorance or a lack of dedication by the original owner.
However, a lot of it can be chalked up to
simple ignorance.
So much animal suffering is the result of
simple ignorance — you can make a real difference by helping to inform your friends and neighbors.
However, it does appear that a lot of the anti-PS3 sentiment from Valve over the years can be attributed to
simple ignorance of the technology rather than blind distaste for something they obviously know little about.
Lack of time, money, access to new syringes, and
simple ignorance are all issues behind reusing syringes in medical situations in places such as
«One can't pass this off to
simple ignorance,» Grossman said.
The answer may be
simple ignorance.