<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Bad education becomes lethal when it convinces... > Bad education becomes lethal when it convinces someone that ignorance is evidence of independence. Not knowing what the machine does does not make you free from the machine; it merely makes you easier to mislead about it. **Source:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Bad education becomes lethal when it convinces someone that ignorance is evidence of independence. Not knowing what the machine does does not make you free from the machine; it merely makes you easier to mislead about it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-bad-education-becomes-makes-easier-mislead ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->