美國一直有種對無知的崇拜。反智主義的壓力，持續貫穿我們的政治和文化生活，由民主即「我的無知與你的博學一樣優秀」之錯誤觀念所滋養。
—艾西莫夫（美國作家）
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has 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, American writer
