知的レベルの低下

anti-intellectualism – Hostility to and mistrust of education, philosophy, art, literature, and science

censorship – Suppression of speech or other information

Dumbing Us Down – Non-fiction book by John Taylor Gatto

grade inflation – Awarding higher grades than deserved

lie-to-children – Teaching a complex subject via simpler models

low culture – Term for forms of popular culture with mass appeal

Manufacturing Consent – Non-fiction book by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky

obscurantism – Practice of obscuring information

post-factual politics – Political culture where facts are considered irrelevant

prolefeed – Fictional language in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four

herd behavior – Behavior of individuals acting in a group

sound bite – Short audio clip extracted from a recording

stupidity – Lack of intelligence

universal education – Ability of all people to have equal opportunity in education

Way Station – 1963 science fiction novel by Clifford D. Simak

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dumbing down

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