Martin NuttyWriting almost 30 years ago #CarlSagan worried about a country poorly educated in #science
Has has foreboding been realized?
Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always 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."
—Isaac Asimov
Sherra@Badger_AF @mnutty I found this to be true even while teaching at a large state university on the West Coast, with a good reputation - over 20 years ago.