Could we actually be in the middle of our very own “dark age”? You may exclaim, “But we have the internet now!” Wait, wait, wait… I said in the middle of our very own “dark age”, not near the beginning of one. And before your immediate and adamant protest, give it a thorough listen. Excellent episode:

"It’s not just this field or that field: there is a systematic sickness in academia and in intellectual life in general, in which preposterously false things are believed, and based on foundations that are never examined. This is one of my favorite episodes ever, and my thanks to Steve Patterson for this excellent conversation."

https://tomwoods.com/ep-2445-our-dark-age-of-ignorance-and-the-way-out/