<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A scientifically illiterate person can be a... > A scientifically illiterate person can be a victim; there is no shame in having been taught badly. The shame belongs higher in the information chain, with people intelligent enough to know better who discovered that terror converts more reliably than education. **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 ``` “A scientifically illiterate person can be a victim; there is no shame in having been taught badly. The shame belongs higher in the information chain, with people intelligent enough to know better who discovered that terror converts more reliably than education.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-scientifically-illiterate-person-converts-reliably-education ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->