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6. It's a great quote indeed, but the rest is even better...

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 09:11 PM

Sep 18

…I had never read the entire essay until just now, and…just, oh my God.

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Isaac Asimov: "There is a Cult of Ignorance in the United States", Newsweek, 1980. [View all] sir pball Sep 18 OP

This century it's a rebellion against critical thinking. multigraincracker Sep 18 #1

Kicking again Hekate Sep 18 #2

Avec plaisir! sir pball Sep 18 #5

First paragraph is my sig line!!! johnnyfins Sep 18 #3

It's a great quote indeed, but the rest is even better... sir pball Sep 18 #6

43 million U.S. adults (21%) are functionally illiterate progressoid Sep 18 #4

I believe that was Newsweek 1980 not 1960 harumph Sep 20 #10

It was, and I knew it, but didn't catch my typo. sir pball Tuesday #11