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title: "4 Dumbing America Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/the-dumbing-down-of-america-is-most-evident-in-the-slow-decay-of/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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> [I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmer-bernstein/i-m-generally-pessimistic-about-the-dumbing-down-of-america/)

[Elmer Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmer-bernstein/)

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> [The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ackerman/the-ability-to-convince-people-of-the-wackiest-notions-and-both/)

[Gary Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ackerman/)

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> [The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/the-dumbing-down-of-america-is-evident-in-the-slow-decay-of/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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