I don't know why you find it interesting. For example, the Buddha preached that ignorance is the ultimate evil. Though I admit Christianity has sometimes been equivocal about whether ignorance is a bad thing.
How can an entity that DRIVES SCIENCE be a bad thing?
Disease drives medical research. Hunger drives food production.
Because a perfesser now wears the hat of preacher.
Disease is a physical entity we perceive to be a malady because it kills us, and yes, in this case ignorance is a bad thing. There are many areas of knowledge where ignorance can not only be morally neutral, but also blissful.