A note on this subject: Einstein himself was quite contemptuous of know-nothings in the public. For example he once mocked: "They should all be ashamed...those who thoughtlessly make use of the miracles of science without understanding any more than a cow does botany." (1930) German physicist and Einstein biographer Albrecht Folsing digs up a number of sarcastic and irreverent quotes like this.
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A note on this subject: Einstein himself was quite contemptuous of know-nothings in the public. For example he once mocked: "They should all be ashamed...those who thoughtlessly make use of the miracles of science without understanding any more than a cow does botany." (1930) German physicist and Einstein biographer Albrecht Folsing digs up a number of sarcastic and irreverent quotes like this.