"And at the end, he learns the truth of Ernest Renan's bitter observation- that the only thing that can give one a sense of the infinite is the extent of human stupidity."
Thomas Wolfe, Gulliver, the story of a tall man (short story)
"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
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