“在美国有一种对无知的崇拜，这种情况一直持续着。反智主义的压力已经像坚韧的针线一般缠绕在我们的政治与文化生活中，而给予它支持的则是一种错误的观念，即：民主便意味着我的无知与你的博学是一样优秀的。”
——艾萨克·阿西莫夫
“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