Anti-Intellectualism

Anti-intellectualism is a philosophic doctrine that assigns reason and intellect subordinate places in the world; and either denies or questions the ability of the human mind to comprehend the Truth of the real world. Therefore, hostility to and mistrust of intellect, intellectuals, and intellectualism usually are expressed as derision of education and philosophy, and in the dismissal of art, literature, and science as impractical and contemptible human pursuits.

What are the causes of anti-intellectualism? It plays a significant role in politics and I think it is due to the rising inequality in society, education is far out of reach for most and there is a kind of sour-grapes attitude towards academics. In some regards, we are all anti-intellectual, as academics are often assimilated by politicians and corporations to lie to the public, these lies often cause lots of harm and suffering, but instead of a counter-movement that promotes truths, we see a growing movement of fringe groups who promote more lies that steer us into greater harms, partly due to lack of the ability and experience to think critically and independently and partly down to resentment and downright spite.