Isaac Asimov in 1980:
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
I also had no idea. This is what I found.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel's_nose