I am coming out, folks.
I'm pretty ignorant about most things, especially politics, science, philosophy, particle physics....uh, yeah. I keep seeing the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science and have been avoiding it like the plague, not because I wouldn't read what I saw there, but because I would a) not understand most of what I there, and b) get all uppity and pissed off when I read an opinion that conflicted with my own (mostly) uninformed one.
Why not do the research, then? The answer is pretty lame but also quite simple - I can't be bothered to make the time to do so. I've got a family and I spend most of my brain energy on them. To actually become informed would be to make a substantial (for me) time commitment to read up on things that mostly only interest me in passing so I can join discussions and sound erudite. That just ain't me.
Most of you who know me seem to feel that I am fairly intelligent, which makes me feel good. But being intelligent - and being able to express myself in a fairly sophisticated way - does not mean I am likewise educated. Don't get me wrong - I am interested. I'll read your posts, listen to your rants, get all worked up about something I feel strongly about, and post my opinion with the best of them - but don't expect debate from me, b/c you're not likely to get it. Debate requires research and facts, something I just am not willing to make time to pursue.
In short, I am ignorant. Willing to learn, but ignorant.
I've come out....and darn it, it feels good.
(Okay Teabaggers....your turn. Come on, do it...it's the Right Thing to Do. God wants you to.)
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