try this, it may help those of you that are confused by the deliberate obfuscation of the fact that a brilliant T pedigree on the sires side is not the = of 'no turf breeding', despite what supposed, ''''experts'''' say.
A Psychologist's Take on Willful Ignorance
According to a Psychology Today article, there are 3 types of ignorance, only one of which has a negative connotation (
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...-ask-dont-tell).
The 3 types of ignorance are, according to Susan L. Smalley, the author of the article, "ordinary ignorance, willful ignorance, and higher ignorance." Ordinary ignorance means that somebody doesn't know something. There is nothing wrong with that, and in fact, being "ignorant" of something commonly serves as a motivation to discover more knowledge. "Higher ignorance," seems to be a kind of extension of ordinary ignorance. Higher ignorance" is lofty in scope and hard to achieve—it is a reverence for the unknown—for mystery—or what may be unknowable." It recognizes, for instance, that no matter how much one knows about something, there are still more intricate details that one does not know. It asks the question also, what is knowable, and what, if anything is unknowable?
In contrast to ordinary of higher ignorance, willful ignorance occurs when a person knows the truth but chooses to ignore it, or the person refuses to abandon false beliefs and pursue the development of further knowledge. According to the Urban Dictionary. willful ignorance is: The practice or act of intentional and blatant avoidance, disregard or disagreement with facts, empirical evidence and well-founded arguements because they oppose or contradict your own existing personal beliefs (
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...ul%20ignorance).
