The war on science

This has been growing for decades, but the snowball has recently picked up both size and speed. Anti-intelectualism in societies with heavy evangalistic religious societies is now the rule.

“The ‘war on science’ has ballooned long past any mere attack upon the credibility of researchers and professors. It now manifests as a general ‘war on all knowledge castes’ — including teachers, economists, journalists, civil servants, medical doctors, skilled labor, judges, diplomats …”

H/T Lots of other good stuff here too.

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