by Isaac Asimov

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“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.”

[lark]

1. I so admire him, he has s a great and creative mind.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. For this thread

Link to tweet

[Archae]

3. Asimov about 60 years ago wrote an essay in one of the Sci-Fi magazines...

Along this same line.

"The Cult Of Ignorance."

At that time, he took what was back then the more predominant mass media, (the movies,) and took them to task for their denigration of intellectuals or intelligence.

All we need do is look at the 50's Presidential elections.

"We like Ike" vs that "egghead."

And the mass media was little help, if at all.
Scientists were either "mad," (crazy) or "absent minded."

Today?

Today we have the "Cult of Stupidity."

Trump is still just about deified.

Absolute kooks like MTG, Boebert, Alex Jones and Mark Levin have millions of followers, still.

[elleng]

4. We are in a true mess.

"For the Jan. 6 anniversary, I kept thinking about schools - how we spent 50 years killing civics
and general ed. to create worker drones, that viral moment about Pa. kids on "the McDonald's track"
We stopped teaching...and 1/6 happened. My new column "

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/january-6-anniversary-civics-education-in-america-20220102.html?