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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 | *'''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.’'''” | ||
Revision as of 02:34, 10 March 2025
Culturally-induced ignorance - [1]
Good article on Medium on its history and seminal book.
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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.’”