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*AI heightens risks associated with agnotology. Remedy is becoming familiar with agnotology.
*AI heightens risks associated with agnotology. Remedy is becoming familiar with agnotology.
*'''Isaac Asimov''' - in his brilliant Newsweek essay, “A Cult of Ignorance [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.’'''”

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Culturally-induced ignorance - [1]

Good article on Medium on its history and seminal book.

https://medium.com/the-cellar-door/theres-a-word-for-that-agnotology-b8198dfd08b5#:~:text=In%20a%20sense%2C%20culturally%2Dinduced,them%20to%20question%20their%20sanity.


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  • AI heightens risks associated with agnotology. Remedy is becoming familiar with agnotology.
  • Isaac Asimov - in his brilliant Newsweek essay, “A Cult of Ignorance [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.’