You can only learn if you truly believe that you don’t already know the truth. The issue with anti-intellectuals is that they honestly believe they already know everything there is to know about the topics they’ve taken a stance on. You probably don’t bother verifying that 1+1=2, and an anti-vaxxer doesn’t bother researching vaccines, because they’re just as confident in their stance on them as you are in your stance that 1+1=2.
You can only learn if you truly believe that you don’t already know the truth. The issue with anti-intellectuals is that they honestly believe they already know everything there is to know about the topics they’ve taken a stance on. You probably don’t bother verifying that 1+1=2, and an anti-vaxxer doesn’t bother researching vaccines, because they’re just as confident in their stance on them as you are in your stance that 1+1=2.