A recent Newsweek article offers a cursory discussion of the difference between ignorance and stupidity. Sparked by yet another book on Gen-Y’s apparent inability to remember the facts their grandparents had burned into their brains, Newsweek wonders if intelligence is better measured by the ability to remember facts or the ability to think critically. If only the folks who develop high school proficiency exams were inclined to have the same discussion, we might not be a nation seemingly flooded with anti-intellectuals.