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A CULT OF IGNORANCE
ISAAC ASIMOV/MY TURN

It’s hard to quarrel with that ancient justification of the free press: “America’s right to know.” It seems almost cruel to ask, ingenuously, “America’s right to know what, please? Science? Mathematics? Economics? Foreign languages?”

None of those things, of course. In fact, one might well suppose that the popular feeling is that Americans are a lot better off without any of that tripe.

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.”

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#ignorance #ignoranceisstrength #illiteracy #isaacasimov #asimov #cultofignorance

Grinning Cat :neocat_flag_bi: :neocat_flag_polyam: 🚫👑 @[email protected] · 2025-03-27 · 14:11 UTC

#ignorance #IgnoranceIsStrength #illiteracy #IsaacAsimov #Asimov #CultOfIgnorance #antiintellectualism

Full text:

A CULT OF IGNORANCE
ISAAC ASIMOV/MY TURN

It’s hard to quarrel with that ancient justification of the free press: “America’s right to know.” It seems almost cruel to ask, ingenuously, “America’s right to know what, please? Science? Mathematics? Economics? Foreign languages?”

None of those things, of course. In fact, one might well suppose that the popular feeling is that Americans are a lot better off without any of that tripe.

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.”

1/8

#ignorance #ignoranceisstrength #illiteracy #isaacasimov #asimov #cultofignorance

Grinning Cat :neocat_flag_bi: :neocat_flag_polyam: 🚫👑 @[email protected] · 2025-03-27 · 14:11 UTC

#ignorance #IgnoranceIsStrength #illiteracy #IsaacAsimov #Asimov #CultOfIgnorance #antiintellectualism

Full text:

A CULT OF IGNORANCE
ISAAC ASIMOV/MY TURN

It’s hard to quarrel with that ancient justification of the free press: “America’s right to know.” It seems almost cruel to ask, ingenuously, “America’s right to know what, please? Science? Mathematics? Economics? Foreign languages?”

None of those things, of course. In fact, one might well suppose that the popular feeling is that Americans are a lot better off without any of that tripe.

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.”

1/8

#antiintellectualism #cultofignorance #asimov #isaacasimov #illiteracy #ignoranceisstrength

Grinning Cat :neocat_flag_bi: :neocat_flag_polyam: 🚫👑 @[email protected] · 2025-03-27 · 14:11 UTC

#ignorance #IgnoranceIsStrength #illiteracy #IsaacAsimov #Asimov #CultOfIgnorance #antiintellectualism

Full text:

A CULT OF IGNORANCE
ISAAC ASIMOV/MY TURN

It’s hard to quarrel with that ancient justification of the free press: “America’s right to know.” It seems almost cruel to ask, ingenuously, “America’s right to know what, please? Science? Mathematics? Economics? Foreign languages?”

None of those things, of course. In fact, one might well suppose that the popular feeling is that Americans are a lot better off without any of that tripe.

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.”

1/8

#ignorance #ignoranceisstrength #illiteracy #isaacasimov #asimov #cultofignorance

Grinning Cat :neocat_flag_bi: :neocat_flag_polyam: 🚫👑 @[email protected] · 2025-03-27 · 13:58 UTC

#ignorance #IgnoranceIsStrength #illiteracy #IsaacAsimov #Asimov #CultOfIgnorance #antiintellectualism

Apropos to illiteracy in America, the late great Isaac Asimov's essay A Cult of Ignorance is worth reading! It's the source of the famous quote that

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."

Read the whole thing in PDF here: https://aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf

(Full text is in the replies, as a thread.)

#ignorance #ignoranceisstrength #illiteracy #isaacasimov #asimov #cultofignorance

Grinning Cat :neocat_flag_bi: :neocat_flag_polyam: 🚫👑 @[email protected] · 2025-03-27 · 13:58 UTC

#ignorance #IgnoranceIsStrength #illiteracy #IsaacAsimov #Asimov #CultOfIgnorance #antiintellectualism

Apropos to illiteracy in America, the late great Isaac Asimov's essay A Cult of Ignorance is worth reading! It's the source of the famous quote that

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."

Read the whole thing in PDF here: https://aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf

(Full text is in the replies, as a thread.)

#ignorance #ignoranceisstrength #illiteracy #isaacasimov #asimov #cultofignorance

Grinning Cat :neocat_flag_bi: :neocat_flag_polyam: 🚫👑 @[email protected] · 2025-03-27 · 13:58 UTC

#ignorance #IgnoranceIsStrength #illiteracy #IsaacAsimov #Asimov #CultOfIgnorance #antiintellectualism

Apropos to illiteracy in America, the late great Isaac Asimov's essay A Cult of Ignorance is worth reading! It's the source of the famous quote that

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."

Read the whole thing in PDF here: https://aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf

(Full text is in the replies, as a thread.)

#antiintellectualism #cultofignorance #asimov #isaacasimov #illiteracy #ignoranceisstrength

Grinning Cat :neocat_flag_bi: :neocat_flag_polyam: 🚫👑 @[email protected] · 2025-03-27 · 13:58 UTC

#ignorance #IgnoranceIsStrength #illiteracy #IsaacAsimov #Asimov #CultOfIgnorance #antiintellectualism

Apropos to illiteracy in America, the late great Isaac Asimov's essay A Cult of Ignorance is worth reading! It's the source of the famous quote that

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."

Read the whole thing in PDF here: https://aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf

(Full text is in the replies, as a thread.)

#ignorance #ignoranceisstrength #illiteracy #isaacasimov #asimov #cultofignorance

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 @[email protected] · 2025-02-04 · 11:44 UTC

/s Klar, wenn das schon die #Weidel und #Musk öffentlichkeitswirksam auf der zu schliessenden Platform "X" "diskutieren". /s

#weidel #musk #ignoranceisstrength

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 @[email protected] · 2025-02-04 · 11:44 UTC

/s Klar, wenn das schon die #Weidel und #Musk öffentlichkeitswirksam auf der zu schliessenden Platform "X" "diskutieren". /s

#weidel #musk #ignoranceisstrength

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 @[email protected] · 2025-02-04 · 11:44 UTC

/s Klar, wenn das schon die #Weidel und #Musk öffentlichkeitswirksam auf der zu schliessenden Platform "X" "diskutieren". /s

#weidel #musk #ignoranceisstrength

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 @[email protected] · 2025-02-04 · 11:44 UTC

/s Klar, wenn das schon die #Weidel und #Musk öffentlichkeitswirksam auf der zu schliessenden Platform "X" "diskutieren". /s

#ignoranceisstrength #musk #weidel

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 @[email protected] · 2025-02-04 · 11:44 UTC

/s Klar, wenn das schon die #Weidel und #Musk öffentlichkeitswirksam auf der zu schliessenden Platform "X" "diskutieren". /s

#weidel #musk #ignoranceisstrength

TheJaySunday @[email protected] · 2025-01-23 · 13:03 UTC

@loysbonod ah oui défendu bec et ongles par Jordan Bardella d'ailleurs #ignoranceisstrength #warispeace #1984

#ignoranceisstrength #warispeace

TheJaySunday @[email protected] · 2025-01-23 · 13:03 UTC

@loysbonod ah oui défendu bec et ongles par Jordan Bardella d'ailleurs #ignoranceisstrength #warispeace #1984

#ignoranceisstrength #warispeace

TheJaySunday @[email protected] · 2025-01-23 · 13:03 UTC

@loysbonod ah oui défendu bec et ongles par Jordan Bardella d'ailleurs #ignoranceisstrength #warispeace #1984

#ignoranceisstrength #warispeace

TheJaySunday @[email protected] · 2025-01-23 · 13:03 UTC

@loysbonod ah oui défendu bec et ongles par Jordan Bardella d'ailleurs #ignoranceisstrength #warispeace #1984

#warispeace #ignoranceisstrength

Open Rights Group @[email protected] · 2025-01-21 · 15:09 UTC

Freedom of expression includes the right to receive and share information, so people can form opinions.

Selectively throttling search results on social media constrains the pluralism of information and views.

Here you can see the censorship machinery in action on TikTok 👀

#TikTok #Musk #Meta #Zuckerberg #Trump #censorship #socialmedia #freespeech #freedomofexpression

#ignoranceisstrength #tiktok #musk #meta #zuckerberg #trump

Open Rights Group @[email protected] · 2025-01-21 · 15:09 UTC

Freedom of expression includes the right to receive and share information, so people can form opinions.

Selectively throttling search results on social media constrains the pluralism of information and views.

Here you can see the censorship machinery in action on TikTok 👀

#TikTok #Musk #Meta #Zuckerberg #Trump #censorship #socialmedia #freespeech #freedomofexpression

#ignoranceisstrength #tiktok #musk #meta #zuckerberg #trump

Open Rights Group @[email protected] · 2025-01-21 · 15:09 UTC

Freedom of expression includes the right to receive and share information, so people can form opinions.

Selectively throttling search results on social media constrains the pluralism of information and views.

Here you can see the censorship machinery in action on TikTok 👀

#TikTok #Musk #Meta #Zuckerberg #Trump #censorship #socialmedia #freespeech #freedomofexpression

#ignoranceisstrength #tiktok #musk #meta #zuckerberg #trump

Open Rights Group @[email protected] · 2025-01-21 · 15:09 UTC

Freedom of expression includes the right to receive and share information, so people can form opinions.

Selectively throttling search results on social media constrains the pluralism of information and views.

Here you can see the censorship machinery in action on TikTok 👀

#TikTok #Musk #Meta #Zuckerberg #Trump #censorship #socialmedia #freespeech #freedomofexpression

#freedomofexpression #freespeech #socialmedia #censorship #trump #zuckerberg

Open Rights Group @[email protected] · 2025-01-21 · 15:09 UTC

Freedom of expression includes the right to receive and share information, so people can form opinions.

Selectively throttling search results on social media constrains the pluralism of information and views.

Here you can see the censorship machinery in action on TikTok 👀