Why People Want To Be Ignorant — So They Can Be Selfish

In considering and studying inequality, researchers, philosophers, and others look at many factors, such as initial and accumulated advantages, sociological edges, favors from affinity groups, institutional power, and even protection by systemic bias and inertia.

But a couple of weeks ago, new research in the journal Psychological Bulletin, published by the American Psychological Association (APA), pointed to another factor: ignorance.