{"article":{"__typename":"BlogArticle","id":"BlogArticle:47270","isTnfCompatible":true,"datePublished":"2007-12-05T19:00:56Z","title":"Ignorance is Bliss","slug":"ignorance-is-bliss","wordCount":28,"layout":"standard","isFreelance":false,"isPython3":true,"preview":null,"watsonInfo":{"topCategory":{"full":"/religion and spirituality/christianity","one":"religion and spirituality","two":"christianity","three":null,"four":null,"__typename":"WatsonTopCategory"},"categories":["/religion and spirituality/christianity","/law, govt and politics/legal issues/legislation/building laws","/finance/personal finance/insurance/vehicle insurance"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo","keywords":["Christian missionaries","minimum","dinosaurs","display"]},"grapeshot":{"segments":["gt_positive","pos_alcohol","pos_chasemarriott","pos_citibank","pos_creditcard","pos_disasters","pos_diseases","pos_disney_fxfargo","pos_ey","pos_facebook_safety","pos_hermes","pos_ibm","pos_mobkoi","pos_septembereleven"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"editorialProject":null,"seoTitle":"Ignorance is Bliss","shareTitle":"Ignorance is Bliss","dek":"","shareDek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/12/ignorance-is-bliss/47270/","fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/47270/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/12/ignorance-is-bliss/47270/","hasMeter":true,"dateModified":"2013-07-17T19:30:45Z","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Politics","__typename":"Channel","slug":"politics"},"authors":[{"displayName":"Matthew Yglesias","socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","id":"Author:729","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/matthew-yglesias/","biography":{"default":"Matthew Yglesias is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.","__typename":"Biography"}}],"channels":[{"slug":"politics","__typename":"Channel"}],"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Politics","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/","slug":"politics"},"reviews":[],"secondaryByline":"","shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareText":null,"content":[{"__typename":"ArticleLegacyHtml","tagName":"P","idAttr":"","className":"","style":"","innerHtml":"At a minimum, I sincerely hope it is, because there's an awful lot of it on display:

I wonder if there were Christian missionaries among the dinosaurs."}],"categories":[],"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"},"leadArt":null,"embeds":[],"editorsNote":null}}

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