The New York Times’ Patricia Cohen elaborates on a couple of new books that discuss how anti-intellectualism (the attitude that “too much learning can be a dangerous thing”) and anti-rationalism (“the idea that there is no such things as evidence or fact, just opinion”) have fused in a particularly insidious way.
I wonder how Miss Information (BKA Miss South Carolina) would answer this question…
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Susanna found this little gem from the recent Miss Teen USA Pageant hosted by Mario “AC Slater” Lopez. Miss South Carolina was asked the following question: “Recent polls have shown that a fifth of Americans can’t locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?”
God help us, not bless us.
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