I'm not going to put what I personally feel just yet.

I only want to pose the question:

Do you think ignorance is a choice?

Yes.

Everyone has the ability to pick up a book, or research any subject they are ignorant on to correct the problem, unless they are illiterate.

I've seen that ignorance seems to take upon proportions of energy that is there to keep people locked inside themselves or inside darkness of the mind. Those things that are free-ing are locked up and labelled as dangerous, while other things that seem to contract consciousness are labelled as 'good and safe'. Not sure why this phenomenom is existing in the first place, haven't seen many animals react like that at all to be honest... I've even seen people turn away from me (Christians mostly) before I'm beginning to speak about something which is highly logical and true, which makes me wonder a bit about those governing the energies....

ignoance implies ignoring, which can be a conscious or unconscious decision but a decision none the less.

Isn't ignorance when you have the information and choose to ignore it? Therefore making it a choice...
I had a little chat with my teacher today about ignorance because we read the story "To Build A Fire"

Ignore is opposed to Aware

Ego has alot more control over the ignorant?

I don't think ignorant should be used to describe a person as a whole (although I'm sure we've all met exceptions), cause ignorance is relative to the subject matter. I myself can say I'm ignorant in calculus, cause I don't have that knowledge, and I choose not to learn about it (at least now). I hope I made sense.

Ignorance is a chosen disease.
Once you choose to adhere to it, it quickly spreads to others.
Nasty little bug....

Ignorance

ignorance is a choice and a circumstance...

but in its completeness it is a state of being therefore a
lack of knowledge, education, or awareness

hmm I think I agree with all of you

I think ignorance is a choice but under some circumstances it is in fact a circumstance

like if you lived where there were few books and you spent almost all of your time just surviving

however I would go as far as to say in some cases ignorance is not only a choice but a denial of truths you know but do not want to except

I think if you don't have the choice to ignore, or are denied access to information, you can't rightfully be deemed ignorant of something.

oh and ignorance is subjective. you can be racially ignorant but not ignorant of science. It is not the definitive character of any person.

Well it is a choice to a degree because if you have the information or know of something but choice to ignore it then yes it is choice.

But there are scenarios when it isnt a choice.

For example if someone has cancer or a fatal disease and is unaware and even if the go to a doctor and the results are inconclusive then not it isnt a choice.

Well that is my thoughts anyway.

Right so ignorant would not be a fair descriptor of them

yes.

it is a choice due to the human body holograms atoms are precisely attuned to the divine free will that each being is gifted with.

I don't think I'm capable of observing the phenomenon of ignorance.
I would Imagine that it would take one hell of an ability to pierce that veil and at what point do we decide we pierced the final veil?

If learning never ends and we are constantly in the state of becoming then I might say by the virtue of the process of maturity ignorance is also never ending.

If we consider evolution in a time based system where one thing becomes something it wasn't then I might change my opinion. If we consider evolution in a system with no time then perhaps we are considered to become aware of what we weren't before and become more of what we were making ignorance a huge factor in our growth.

If I don't know something exist could it be possible to ignore it? I could always assume there is something more but by assuming one thing am I ignoring the possibility of the things the initial assumption cancels out?
Maybe this? Maybe that? I couldn't say. Its a very large question.

It is a choice and it is not a choice. It is circumstantial and subjective. People being ignorant of their ignorance is the reason why the world is like it is today.

it will depend on someone's situation both financial and locational, if you are located in Ethiopia for example in the middle of a famine, do you think they have many choices as to whether they get educated ?

yeah that is an important thing to keep in mind

You bring up an interesting point... by our own definitions we have labeled our selves ignorant... well I think that is perhaps right we definitely do not know everything so therefore we are somewhat ignorant and in some areas we are down right ignorant for instance I know nothing about how to tight rope walk... therefore I am very ignorant in that sense

so maybe I made the question much to broad... or maybe the word is to broad...

Are there not people that we consider to be more ignorant than us? Those who just follow behind outdated systems and don't really think for themselves...

but maybe they know more than us in other areas... and we can still learn from them... so maybe they aren't as ignorant as we thought...