“Five percent of the people think;
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”– Thomas Edison
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”– Thomas Edison
“Any formal attack on ignorance is
bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most
precious possession – their ignorance.” – Hendrik Willem van Loon
“During my eighty-seven years, I have
witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of
them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the
ability to think.” – Bernard M. Baruch
“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.” – Isaac Asimov
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