In a way I think of this like I do the difference between not knowing and being ignorant. Lot of people think a person is being ignorant when they have had the opportunity to learn something and choose not to. If that is the case than we are all ignorant.

To me a person is ignorant when the information is right in front of there face and they choose not to consider it because it disproves a treasured belief. In a very real way this can create a wrong perception and so continuing to believe in there treasure is the proof of ignorance.

There are three religions that practice this kind of ignorance on a moment by moment basis. Stat-ism is the most harmful and supports Atheism and a belief in certain people having a special line of communication with God, like Christianity and such.

The key to these to me is always the claim. You can't prove God exist. You can't prove God doesn't exist or in the case of stat-ism the ability to even question the existence of the state is indoctrinated away. What I notice is that all of these ideas require a belief without evidence. They meaning the practitioners most of the time will admit a lack of evidence for their belief.

Thus the reality is that facts do not create reality. Minds do that.