Bliss

There goes a saying where I live that ignorance is bliss. That is to say that not knowing makes us happier than knowing. But the scientists among us, the philosophers, the mathematicians, know this cannot be true. The dark ages were brought from a philosophy all too similar to this one. It is the thinkers that keep culture, and civilization itself on its feet. It is Immanuel Kant's "dare to know" process that keeps us happy. And yet sometimes, when the parents are yelling and it is all you can do to stop the tears from rolling onto your pillow, the only cure is to cover your ears with music and let ignorance be bliss.