claim: Chumlee is the stage name of Austin Lee Russell.
evidence: Ignorance is a lack of knowledge .. knowledge. knowledge. The word ignorant is an adjective describing a person in the state of being unaware , and is often -LRB- incorrectly -RRB- used to describe individuals who deliberately ignore or disregard important information or facts .. unaware. awareness. Ignoramus is commonly used in the United States as a term for someone who is willfully ignorant .. willfully ignorant. Denialism. Ignorance is distinguished from stupidity , although both can lead to `` unwise '' acts .. stupidity. stupidity. unwise. Wisdom. The writer , Thomas Pynchon , articulated the following about the scope and structure of one 's ignorance  : `` Ignorance is not just a blank space on a person 's mental map .. Thomas Pynchon. Thomas Pynchon. It has contours and coherence , and for all I know rules of operation as well .. So as a corollary to -LSB- the advice of -RSB- writing about what we know , maybe we should add getting familiar with our ignorance , and the possibilities therein for writing a good story . ''. The legal principle that ignorantia juris non excusat , literally `` ignorance of the law is no excuse '' , stands for the proposition that the law applies also to those who are unaware of it .. unaware. awareness. ignorantia juris non excusat. ignorantia juris non excusat