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I think this is a very important point. People no longer look up to the intelligent, the creative, the innovative. The dumbing down of our society goes hand in hand with the dumbing down of our idols.
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There was a passage in the article linked in the OP where the author remarked that in the 50s and 60s scientists and engineers were greatly admired in American society. Unfortunately, there has emerged is a recent trend of what can only be described as anti-intellectualism. You can see this from the likes of Bill O'Reily, who is now trying to do the same to the words "intellectual" and "secularist" what Rush Limbaugh did so successfully to the word "liberal" in the 80s and 90s; that is, he wants to make those words synonymous with "communist" and "anti-American".