Of ignorance and its demons

By Marilú Acosta

The word ignorance comes from the Latin ignorantia, meaning the quality of one who has no knowledge. The lack of knowledge, in the history of mankind, has been the driving force to discover the secrets of the universe. There is nothing wrong with being ignorant, it is, in fact, the most natural thing to do. It is impossible to know everything and if we could know everything we would die of boredom, the lack of surprises would put us to sleep. It is not all nice with ignorance, it is to be careful because ignorance comes with its demons, which arise when betraying those who trust in that voice that lies pretending to know, proposing a solution for those who do not know, those demons disguise the natural in vulnerability in order to abuse power.