I've been convinced of that for some time.
We have a bunch of educated idiots running around out there, people with Bachelors and Masters degrees who doesn't know who the Vice President is or where Brazil is or who's buried in Grant's tomb for god's sake (yep, there were some dolts who said they didn't know, thought it was a trick question).
These people never pick up a newspaper (no wonder they're going out of business) or read news on-line or in any way educate themselves about the world around them. Many of them never read books of any kind. It's a wonder they can tie their own shoes.