Why are people so willingly ignorant? It seems as though someone can put the truth right in front of their faces and they refuse to accept it because they do not want to admit they are wrong. Humans in nature are proud and want be right all the time and on top. Mistakes are okay to make. Our mistakes make us who we are by giving us experience. Experience is the beginning of wisdom. Wisdom is defined as the quality of having experience knowledge and good judgement.   When people close their minds and refuse to admit they are wrong they do not gain the experience of being wrong and therefore do not gain wisdom.