Populism coupled with increasing assaults on scientific integrity have dramatically shifted the political landscape & contributed to geopolitical instability.
The policy ramifications are yet to be understood, but anti-intellectualism has threatened public health, stymied environmental progress, influenced funding priorities & sculpted the rhetoric of local, state & national politics.
New post: The Rise of Anti-intellectualism sheril.substack.com/p/the-rise… #science #politics
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Darnell Clayton
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Yeah that is one of the first casualties of an authoritarian culture.
Authoritarians have always pushed for hatred of intellectuals, as an ignorant public is easier to control than an intelligent public.
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •History of US Presidential Assaults on Modern Environmental Health Protection
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is...people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist."
- Hannah Arendt. The Origins of Totalitarianism. 1967
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Take the example of Steam Engines. Initial loco steam carts were crude and noisy and appeared threatening to pedestrians and horse-driven carriages. Church also opposed it calling it Devil on the road. British Parliament had to pass Red Flag Act in 1865 requiring a man to walk 60 yards ahead the vehicle to warn others. Law was repealed in 1896!
In US a similar law was passed in State of Vermont in1894 repealed in 1896.
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •It isn't that policy ramifications are not understood, quite the contrary: they are obvious. Policy wonks, however, want nothing to do with dealing with the problem.
#headsinthesand
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Agree. And a large part of this problem is the general dumpster fire that is social media. 'They were so pre-occupied with whether they could, they never stopped to think whether they should!'
Putting all humans in touch with each other without meaningful oversight or guardrails is observably short-sighted. I believe this has contributed to millions of deaths + serious atrocities, up to & including genocide. Now with #musk , leaving #twitter is a no brainer.
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In Defense of the Twitter Quitter
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •RE the references in your post, would this be relevant?
“Anti-Intellectualism in American Life,” Richard Hofstadter. It won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-int…
book by Richard Hofstadter
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Steve Cromwell
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Asimov saw it too, and he would grieve to see how such an incredible resource of information as the Internet would be purposely turned to pollute people's minds with distrust and deceit.
“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.'”
Siderea, Sibylla Bostoniensis
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