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Originally Posted by Our House
I thought about this for a while and have concluded that there's definitely a limit, even for atheists.
For instance, if my mother is actually a 3-headed demon wearing a human outfit, I'd rather not know. You?
I think it would be amazingly awesome to find out my mother was really a demon in human disguise, so I'd definitely want to know that! But now I'm seriously thinking about it and I can't come up with a single thing that I wouldn't want to know the truth about. But there MUST be something!! Here are some things I'd hate to hear, but would still (grudgingly) want to know...
-I'd want to know if my gf were cheating on me.
-I'd want to know if some some really hot girl I was crushing on secretly thought I was a disgusting pig.
-I'd want to know if my friends thought I was a boring jerk.
About the only thing I can think of that I'd be closest to NOT really wanting to know the truth about, is the exact day and hour of my death. But even then, the prudent thing would be to have that knowledge if possible, because I could prepare for it.
I know this is slightly off the track of OP, but I think I'm wrong. There must be something I wouldn't want to know the truth of. I just can't think of anything off the top of my head. Can anyone think of a truth where we are definitely better off not knowing?
Edit: I think I thought of something: I suppose if a meteor were zeroing in on earth that would wipe out human civilization, I think we'd be better off not knowing about it. The reason is that nothing good would likely come out of the ensuing panic until impact. But that doesn't mean I personally, wouldn't want to know. So I'm not sure this counts.