Ignorance Doesn’t Have to be a Problem

I dispute that scientifically illiterate adults are a problem, rather that the issue is scientifically illiterate adults in positions of power.

There is nothing we can do–or need to do–about the 100 million or so adult Americans who couldn’t tell you the first thing about epidemiology, climate science, economics, or dozens of other subjects.  All we need to do is prevent their ignorance from inflicting great damage on our lives.