It seems like a distinction is necessary here between what I would call "necessary ignorance" and willful ignorance. While it is true that we cannot know all th

It seems like a distinction is necessary here between what I would call "necessary ignorance" and willful ignorance. While it is true that we cannot know all the consequences of our actions (necessary ignorance), so we resort to heuristics to avoid paralysis - as you suggest - it is also true that we sometimes resist easily knowable information (willful ignorance), rather than confront the cognitive dissonance that taking it on might induce.