Did Carl Sagan Call It or What?

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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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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".
And it is these ignorant people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves the guides and leaders of us all, who would force their feeble and childish beliefs on us, who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly."
~ Isaac Asimov
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2020/01/14/ignorance-is-not-bliss-the-dangerous-politics-of-anti-intellectualism/

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“I love the poorly educated.”

—Donald Trump, a decade ago

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I love Asimov. His short stories are amazing

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Beautifully said