• cameron_vale@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    But ignorance is only really appreciated in retrospect.

    When the ignoramus is contemporary, he knows he’s right. He’s thinking what all the smart modern people are thinking. Of course he’s right.

    And any idea that contradicts him (and contradict the modern, right-thinking majority) is clearly foolishness.

    So maybe it’s the modern right-thinkers that we need to be wary of.