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Will the world ever stop being anti-intellectual? (discuss.online)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One of the most aggravating things to me in this world has to be the absolutely rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates so many conversations and debates, and its influence just seems to be expanding. Do you think there will ever actually be a time when this ends? I'd hope so once people become more educated and cultural changes eventually happen, but as of now it honestly infuriates me like few things ever have.

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[–] justhach 28 points 9 months ago (3 children)

"You can never truly idiot-proof something, as there will always be a better idiot."

source unknown

[–] ilinamorato 21 points 9 months ago

Quote by a forest ranger at Yosemite National Park on why it is hard to design the perfect garbage bin to keep bears from breaking into it: "There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists."

[–] sanguinepar 9 points 9 months ago

There's a similar line in a Douglas Adams book:

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure you mean the quote by Rick Cook:

“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.”

― Rick Cook