A couple of days back in one of my posts I had talked about how when it comes to electing the most powerful person in the world, being knowledgeable and intellectual does a disservice to you. Ask Al Gore or John Kerry.
In a article for the Outlook, George Monbiot wonders the same. He writes and I quote
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Like most people on this side of the Atlantic I have spent my adult life mystified by American politics. The US has the world’s best universities and attracts the world’s finest minds. It dominates discoveries in science and medicine. Its wealth and power depend on the application of knowledge. Yet, uniquely among the developed nations (with the possible exception of Australia), learning is a grave political disadvantage.
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Read the complete article at Triumph of Ignorance
Also read When Atheists Attack
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