Anti-Intellectualism

"Lenny: Let's make litter outta these literati!

Carl: That's too smart, you're one of them!"

- The Simpsons

Many tropes deal with demonizing intellectuals and/or idolizing "stupidity". These tropes include:


 * Book Dumb
 * Brains Evil Brawn Good
 * Dumb Is Good
 * Everybody Hates Mathematics
 * For Science!
 * Gravity Is Only a Theory
 * Idiot Hero
 * Ignorance Is Bliss
 * Intellectually Supported Tyranny
 * Intelligence Equals Isolation
 * Lit Fic
 * Ludd Was Right
 * Mad Mathematician
 * Mad Scientist
 * Measuring the Marigolds
 * Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate
 * School Is for Losers
 * Science Is Bad
 * Science Is Wrong
 * Science Is Useless
 * Straw Vulcan
 * Thud and Blunder
 * True Art
 * TV Genius
 * Windmill Political
 * Working Class Hero

For more tropes about intelligence and lack thereof, see Intelligence Tropes and Brain Chain.