Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity what that mean?

Answer 1

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

This is one of my favorite quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. However, I think it is difficult for some people to understand what it means. But if you read it carefully, you can see how it relates to the Civil Rights Movement. Rev. King was referring to long-held beliefs and prejudices that had no basis in reality. There is nothing more dangerous than someone who believes something simply because someone else told them it was true (you can breathe underwater!) -- or someone who fervently believes something without any proof, especially when they use this belief as an excuse to harm others. For centuries, African Americans were treated as second class citizens simply because of a long-held misbelief that they did not deserve the rights of Caucasian Americans. And many Americans held this belief so strongly that it led them to do horrific acts against African Americans. Hence, nothing is more dangerous than someone who fervently believes something without any basis in fact.