# Ignorance Questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-questions/134339>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-questions/134339 "2002-10-29T03:05:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-questions/134339/1 "2002-10-29T03:05:43Z")

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What do you know you know?  
What do you know you do not know?  
What are the things you don’t know you don’t know?  
What do you think you know but you really don’t know?  
Taboos and forbidden knowledge - what is untouchable?  
Denials - what is too painful to know and therefore you don’t know?  
What are the dangers of not knowing something and what are the benefits?  
Under what conditions (e.g., state of mind, location) to you do your best “thinking, reflecting, pondering”?

This is a multiple question post, so pick a question that you know you truthfully answer.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-questions/134339/2 "2002-10-29T04:25:23Z")

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Unfortunately, answering this question will take the rest of my life and extensive psychotherapy. Care to be just a tad more specific?

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-questions/134339/3 "2002-10-29T08:41:54Z")

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I know that I do not know how to do Calculus, although I understand some of the principles.

I think I know that this thread is a poll and belongs in IMHO, but I don’t really know if it will get moved or just closed.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-questions/134339/4 "2002-10-29T14:33:39Z")

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I know that **Mangetout** is right. 🙂