Friday, February 15, 2008

Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?
NYTimes

I would say no. The vast majority of people have always been ignorant of a great many things that the 'educated' classes take as common knowledge. It's just that nowadays, the 'masses' have a lot more access to platforms upon which to display their ignorance.

Ah....technology.