Comment on To get kids into science, just do itparentComments−hahaxdxd1233yInteresting. My impression of American anti-intellectualism is that it more often takes the opposite form:"X person is by all measures more educated than me on this topic, but I did own research! (on Youtube and Facebook)"−JamesianP3yI'd say it's a suspicion of the values and political agendas/biases of intellectuals as a social class.I know professionals living in other countries who believe every silly conspiracy theory they see on youtube too. That part is a universal problem.−granshaw3yThat's a separate, more recent problem IMO. Mistrust of experts and lazy self-affirmation
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Interesting. My impression of American anti-intellectualism is that it more often takes the opposite form:
"X person is by all measures more educated than me on this topic, but I did own research! (on Youtube and Facebook)"
I'd say it's a suspicion of the values and political agendas/biases of intellectuals as a social class.
I know professionals living in other countries who believe every silly conspiracy theory they see on youtube too. That part is a universal problem.
That's a separate, more recent problem IMO. Mistrust of experts and lazy self-affirmation