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Blue Owl

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2. Carl Sagan predicted this 'Celebration of Ignorance' back in the 90's

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2025, 05:27 PM

Jun 3

“The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”

― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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Yup SheltieLover Jun 3 #1

Carl Sagan predicted this 'Celebration of Ignorance' back in the 90's Blue Owl Jun 3 #2

Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 3 #3