One major nation, and one only, has been pronounced “aggressor” by the United Nations. That nation is Red China. Last week Britain’s Clem Attlee emerged from a month’s wining and dining with the ...

Mr. Lilla is a professor of humanities at Columbia University and the author of the forthcoming book “Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know,” from which this essay is adapted. Aristotle taught ...

Webster’s dictionary defines ignorance as ‘ The Lack of knowledge or information’. Not in a mean or disparaging manner, this writer realizes just how ignorant many of my fellow citizens are. We can ...

As professor of philosophy and psychology, president of University of North Carolina, president of University of Illinois and finally chancellor of New York University, Harry Woodburn Chase has ...

Half empty or half full? The human brain is magnificent and powerful, but it can’t know everything. Source: Guy P. Harrison Don’t let ignorance about ignorance be a problem for you. Too often, we view ...

Entrepreneurs are often exposed to unsolicited noise, and you need to protect yourself from all the chatter when it’s coming from people with insights you don’t want or need. Ignorance will steer you ...

Anti-vaccine advocates have proven once again that like rust, ignorance never sleeps. It’s always there ready to burst forth in the form of irrational opinions that run contrary to the data-driven, ...

Widespread political ignorance is a serious problem that both major-party presidential candidates are trying to exploit. A recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds extensive ignorance on ...