In The Matrix, Cypher meets with Agent Smith to negotiate terms to be put back into the matrix. He is sick of what his life is having taken the red pill and he wants to be put back into the pods of pink goo and be ignorant of what the truth is. He says that after nine years of being out of the matrix, he has learned that ignorance is bliss.
Is ignorance really bliss? No, I don’t think it is.
Personally, I want to know the truth about things. Regardless of what the truth is. I can handle things being horrific, but I find it difficult to handle people going back and forth about what the reality of something really is.
Thing about it like this. What would happen if were ignorant to the past? It would be kind of dangerous…we could continue to make the same mistakes. What about being ignorant in the present? That could also be dangerous. There could be some crazy stuff going on that we should be cautious of. There is a huge difference between being ignorant and not believing what people say. The truth gives us knowledge and from there we can decide what to do. It is always better to deal in reality and truth.
