Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’ – Isaac Asimov Over the past decade we’ve seen scientific & social debates derailed by anti-intellectuals & denialists. From climate change to…
I’ll start this off with a quote from Malcolm Turnbull himself: There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan. Today’s Google+ Hangout with Turnbull was an example of dumbing down everything into slogans. Turnbull was light on the detail,…
The Lateline debate held on Monday between Malcolm Turnbull & Anthony Albanese was met with both anticipation & trepidation from National Broadband Network supporters. We were all excited to finally see the NBN take centre stage for a debate, & were cautious of both Turnbull’s history of becoming belligerent when challenged, & Albanese’s being so…