@article{ref1,
title="A cult of ignorance (My turn)",
journal="Newsweek",
year="1980",
author="Asimov, Issac",
volume="",
number="Jan 21",
pages="p19-p19",
abstract="&quot;There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has 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.'  &quot;I believe that every human being with a physically normal brain can learn a great deal and be surprisingly intellectual. I believe that what we badly need is social approval of learning and social rewards for learning.   &quot;We can all be members of the intellectual elite and then, and only then, will a phrase like 'America's right to know' and, indeed, any true concept of democracy, have any meaning.&quot; Read the entire article here:  https://aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-9604",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}