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4. Whoa, I'm used to seeing him with just the huge sideburns.

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 12:50 AM

Jan 2012

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Great Asimov quote . . . [View all] markpkessinger Jan 2012 OP

Very good. Asinov is one of my favorites. Thanks for the post. The Wielding Truth Jan 2012 #1

not a very good quote hfojvt Jan 2012 #2

Everybody, even savants, are ignorant on most subjects saras Jan 2012 #5

My contempt is reserved for those that practice willful ignorance. hobbit709 Jan 2012 #8

most of us don't want to know a lot of things hfojvt Jan 2012 #17

that is just wrong Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #12

that isn't what Riff said hfojvt Jan 2012 #16

"Everybody can be great. Because everybody can serve. AlbertCat Jan 2012 #25

I think when he said that, hfojvt Jan 2012 #26

Agree. patrice Jan 2012 #24

However, it was Reagan who relabelled ignorance as "common sense". no_hypocrisy Jan 2012 #6

What did Carter say? Peace Patriot Jan 2012 #10

i can't find the text, someone on DU posted it before JI7 Jan 2012 #22

Thanks! Peace Patriot Jan 2012 #28

Whoa, I'm used to seeing him with just the huge sideburns. Neoma Jan 2012 #4

It's possible to be anti-intellectual without being pro-ignorance malthaussen Jan 2012 #7

i don't think so. tomp Jan 2012 #15

Okay, reasonable distinction malthaussen Jan 2012 #27

"...and there always has been." --a very important point Peace Patriot Jan 2012 #9

You are right...we value ignorance over intellect today Generic Other Jan 2012 #18

"The American public, for the most part, can't read and don't read" DeathToTheOil Jan 2012 #11

K&R for my favorite author (plus a video link and a little trivia) Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #14

One of my favorite quotes was from a tv interview: libinnyandia Jan 2012 #20

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." Isaac Asimov Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2012 #19

"A People's History of the United States" bears this out. patrice Jan 2012 #23