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Ignorance as a tool of suppression, a lost realm, a bliss, a defense mechanism, is studied at various level, for several purposes with varied intensity.The role of ignorance in knowledge society can never be dismissed.Perils and privileges of ignorance are not necessarily natural outputs of a given society. Agnotology studies ignorance with philosophical basis. Quintessentially multidimensional concept, ignorance has too many irresolvable complications that cannot be readily sorted out. It has many similarities with studies of absence. Ontology in relation to epistemology is as useful for studying power equation as ignorance. These properties can be used to compare various case studies.The lack of symmetry in explanation and representation are both socio-cultural and methodological challenges to studying ignorance.Inquiry is invasion. Learning is winning. Apparently speaking, Ignorance is conquered or overcome by knowledge and ideas. Deception falls before fact. Argument is war. Rational argument is war against illogicality. Ignorance is not always a cognitive deficit. Specialization is a social consensual ignorance arrangement. This paper attempts to sketch a need for the study of ignorance which is shaped by multidisciplinary studies of knowledge and ignorance.