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
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“Days go by, and I don't remember not to forget..”
― The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
― The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
“These are dangerous times. Never have so many people had so much access to so much knowledge and yet have been so resistant to learning anything”
― The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
― The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
“Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not.”
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“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.” Isaac Asimov”
― The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
― The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
“I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you. A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.”
― A Tale for the Time Being
― A Tale for the Time Being
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