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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a massive difference between people who can admit they don't know something and use it as an opportunity to grow, versus people who are proud of their ignorance and refuse to learn.

Joe Rogan is the perfect example of the latter. He really popularized this idea that, as long as you admit you're an idiot, your terrible and factually wrong beliefs are just as good as reality.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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

This isn't a new thing sadly.