ignorance as a tool

Last Friday three students (all from different grades), two alums and Mr. Pawlyk gathered for the philosophy clubs first meeting of the year. We used cloning as the basis for our discussion and springboarded from that to almost everything under the sun, inlcuding progress, questions about technology raised by "I Robot" and questions about human love raised by "Dopamine." I was very pleased with the consensus of the group and my role is helping to ascertain it. Therefore I left the intimite, two hour fiasco with a natural high. Next stop: stage crew. I was greeted nicely by everyone, but before I knew it, was in a arguement about the issues I had just a few minutes ago, so clearly outlined as truth in my brain. I knew that essentially I was correct, that backed up by the words of the club, nothing could stop me intellectually. Yet, I still found my self struggling to be understood. Why? Well, I have a couple of guesses. 1. I have not yet mastered the English language in a way that would allow me to express my points clearly, or 2. through there naivete people are able to gather essentail truth that the over thinker is too brain clouded to see. That if you look at something devoid of what you already assume intellectually, you can truly understand it. These two, Norris and Stephen, had no idea of the specifics of the topic and, as I understand it, had not heard many arguements on the topic either. They knew little and thus stated the obvious, making no reservation for later fact to change their mind. What surprised me about what they said, however, was that some of it was among the most enlightening things I had heard that day. From the most unlikely place and stated in the most simple terms. From "Huck Finn" we know that ignorant people can reveal truths that the educated are unable to achieve due to their 'thought boundaries.' I now find myself fighting over whether philosophy club is a worthy way to spend my time or if I should try not to clutter myself with the words of thinkers. Ignorance is not only bliss but smarts? I could not defend myself enough to prove to them I was right and left with an 'agree to disagree' attitude.