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rational ignorance

practice of avoiding research whose cost exceeds its benefits
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rational ignorance

Summary

rational ignorance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rational ignorance's subclass of is recorded as ignorance[2].
  • rational ignorance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01w0cn[3].
  • rational ignorance's has cause is recorded as decision[4].
  • rational ignorance's has characteristic is recorded as rationality[5].
  • rational ignorance's has characteristic is recorded as will[6].
  • rational ignorance's Quora topic ID is recorded as Rational-Ignorance[7].
  • rational ignorance's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 19606258[8].

Why It Matters

rational ignorance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). rational ignorance. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/rational-ignorance
MLA “rational ignorance.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/rational-ignorance.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_rational-ignorance_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{rational ignorance}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/rational-ignorance}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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