“Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance. As I write, the number-one videocassette rental in America is the movie Dumb and Dumber. “Beavis and Butthead” remain popular (and influential) with young TV viewers. The plain lesson is that study and learning—not just of science, but of anything—are avoidable, even undesirable.” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, 1995
“celebration that conservatives failed”
“celebration that Fox News audience FAFO / failed to learn from better information sources, celebrating that Fox News audiences are dumb, celebrating that Fox News audiences are manipulated and FAFO deserve it”
“celebrating MAGA trusts and believes an American status symbol - Donald Trump - celebrating that MAGA has ignorance, celebrating the ignorance of MAGA as entertainment and sport -leopards ate their face - deserved it, celebrating that ignorance won, celebration of ignorance”
“celebrating that conservatives failed, because celebrating that education and learning and teaching failed, celebrating that ignorance won, celebration of ignorance, celebration that competitive education values / competition to get into name-brand school systems in USA society lead to ignorance that others have failed with”
“celebrating that conservatives failed, celebrating the films Dumb and Dumber that Carl Sagan gave as examples, celebrating Fox News as Dumb and Dumber film, celebrating Joe Rogan as Dumb and Dumber film, celebrating that others go to poor education and information sources, celebration of ignorance that other people failed because competition matters more to people than rescuing people from ignorance, celebrating that others failed to comprehend and understand goodness and stuck with conservative misunderstandings”
“celebrating that others are weak and failed in their mind / learning / study. Celebration of ignorance, celebration that others are more ignorant than your group or self, celebrating that others failed because of ignorance, celebration of ignorance”
“celebration of ignorance in the form of celebrating kicking people who have been abused by predator Rupert Murdoch with Fox News content, predatory wealth televangelism, defeated people. Celebrating that others were abused by ignorance of Fox News HDTV, celebrating the ignorance won”
“celebration of ignorance n the form of mocking Church / Bible readers who avoid Bible verse “1 John 3:17” understanding of the problem of Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk, Donald Trump. Celebrating the ignorance of Clergy in the Church instead of using social machine systems to correct the ignorance with front-page postings and top hashtags. Celebrating the ignorance of Bible verse “1 John 4:20”. Celebration of ignorance that others / other people have a literacy problem of reading The Bible”