Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Lack of education makes us vulnerable to taking experts too seriously.
- In plain terms
- Uneducated people trust experts too easily.
- What can you take from it?
- True education teaches skepticism, not just knowledge.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is true education?
- Who do you trust?
Another view
It oversimplifies how education affects judgment.
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