"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