Anti-Intellectualism
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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.