″… people seem to get a tremendous emotional kick out of not knowing something. ” Could be simple schadenfreude: asserting that “no one” knows a thing, even those demonstrably more intelligent than yourself, has the emotional effect of knocking them down into the same mud in which you already believe yourself to be mired. Not productive, but good solace for those unwilling to be productive.
″… people seem to get a tremendous emotional kick out of not knowing something. ” Could be simple schadenfreude: asserting that “no one” knows a thing, even those demonstrably more intelligent than yourself, has the emotional effect of knocking them down into the same mud in which you already believe yourself to be mired. Not productive, but good solace for those unwilling to be productive.