By virtue of circumstance, I will never understand what a mother has to deal with in these circumstances... "By virtue of circumstances, I will never understan

By virtue of circumstance, I will never understand what a mother has to deal with in these circumstances... "By virtue of circumstances, I will never understand what a comet is like." <- said no one ever after we landed a robot on one. This attitude is anti-intellectualism. It denies the ability to gain understanding about the world by gathering information and reasoning. It's a bit scary that anti-intellectualism has become almost a social necessity when discussing many important topics. If intellectualism were permitted, I wonder what we might learn?