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The cult of ignorance in the United States: Anti-intellectualism and the "dumbing down" of AmericaWilliams, Ray http://www.sott.net/article/313177-The-cult-of-ignorance-in-the-United-States-Anti-intellectualism-and-the-dumbing-down-of-AmericaPublisher: Signs Of The Times Date Written: 07/06/2014 Year Published: 2014 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX18977 There is a growing and disturbing trend of anti-intellectual elitism in American culture. It's the dismissal of science, the arts, and humanities and their replacement by entertainment, self-righteousness, ignorance, and deliberate gullibility. Subject Headings |