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"A Cult of Ignorance" Newsweek January 1980 "THERE IS A CULT OF IGNORANCE IN THE UNITED STATES,AND THERE HAS ALWAYS 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." ISAAC ASIMOV

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"A Cult of Ignorance" Newsweek January 1980 "THERE IS A CULT OF IGNORANCE IN THE UNITED STATES,AND THERE HAS ALWAYS 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." ISAAC ASIMOV
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6G (6g@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 06:37:10 JST 6G
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@jpthuot03 Thx for Asimov
@DemocracyMattersALot
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21% of adults in the United States are considered #illiterate
#issacasimov was saying the same, in the 1980s, but it was a feature not a bug

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