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Mindwolf · 3733 days ago · link · · parent · post: America dumbs down: a rising tide of anti-intellectual thinking
Issac Asimov is often quoted on it: "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." But think about it. From an early age we are training ourselves to hate knowledge. The smarts kids with the good grades were the most ostracized group in schools. The one group that was hated by all other groups. And look where that got us. Right here where we are now with people pretending that they are smart and nowhere near it. Edit: Put down wrong author's name.