“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'.”
— Dr. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992; “A Cult of Ignorance” — Newsweek, 21 January 1980)
“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'.”
— Dr. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992; “A Cult of Ignorance” — Newsweek, 21 January 1980)
(Full article:
https://aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf.)
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“The good thing about science is that it's true,
whether or not you believe in it.”
— Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
(Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Rose Center for Earth and Space, American Museum of Natural History, New York City; 2011 CNN interview)
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“When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do YOU do, sir?”
— Generally ascribed to John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946, by way of Paul Samuelson, 1915–2009)
Thank you for the links, all in one handy place!