“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
– Isaac Asimov
The entire article can be read here.
Caterina.net 
Asimov died in 1992, so he could not have said that in 2012.
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Good point! Fixing now.
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