"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of..."

“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.”

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Isaac Asimov

from Stowe Boyd http://www.stoweboyd.com/post/150722733067