Ozymandius
There’s a science-fiction story by Brian Aldiss is which the degenerate survivors in a post-apocalyptic world systematically kill off anyone exhibiting intelligence, because they are, after all, the kinds of people who put everyone into the present circumstances. Actually, there are a lot of stories like this: Fahrenheit 451, A Canticle for Leibowitz, etc. I’m reminded of this scenario by the latest outcry against George II’s performance in office: that he has systematically distorted real science into fiction. I don’t know why anyone should be surprised. This is the administration that created its own foreign intelligence to make the case for war with Iraq, not to mention the President whose very favorite book is “The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar.”