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not_that_planet t1_j8j70qm wrote

Reply to comment by chrisdh79 in Study on former citizens of East Germany sheds light on why people may choose deliberate ignorance by chrisdh79

I mean, yea. Anecdotally, just about every mother I know does this with her kids. They simply don't want to know if they are gay, doing drugs, homicidal maniacs, etc...

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GLnoG t1_j8khzim wrote

It is very interesting to observe where the feeling of curiosity and love increase and decrease relative to each other depending on what they were caused by.

For example: Just about every mother you know decides to stay ignorant about the bad parts of their kids; so, you can make the assumption that their love for them is greater than their curiosity. That is very interesting.

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