Meh, just your typical boring "ignorance is a fog/darkness and knowledge is the light that shines through the fog/illuminates the darkness" analogy. I suppose I should credit mk for at least coming up with an original analogy. I guess I don't know what to think if mk is indirectly referencing something that I'm not aware of, and I don't want to put words in his mouth.I would like to ask, since we seem to disagree and I would like to give you an opportunity to express what you feel which mk's anology doesn't, what you think would be an appropriate analogy for ignorance.
I would like to not believe that ignorance is our natural state because I would like to believe that we as humans are not born hating each other. The ignorance being addressed here is not, I think, just simple lack of education. I think what mk is indirectly referencing is honestly more learned laziness or encouraged perceptions of "inherent difference." But I would like to hear what you think.