There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

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There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Tero » Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:10 am

I had no idea.
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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Hermit » Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:32 am

Seeing you have no idea you are one of them. :P
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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Tero » Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:05 am

I had an excuse. I was in the lab 40 years.
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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Hermit » Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:15 am

How I wish I had one. :(
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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Sean Hayden » Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:51 am

I've tended to suffer more for my other flaws than for my stupidity.
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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by JimC » Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:18 am

Certainly, but of course the real question is whether there is a higher proportion of really stupid people in the US than elsewhere, and if so, why...

(I'm agnostic on that one...)
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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Hermit » Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:03 am

What is commonly known as stupidity is more a function of lack of education than intelligence. Also, people are usually referred to as stupid when all they are doing is to disagree with the referrer's opinion.
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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Cunt » Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:18 am

That's stupid.
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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Hermit » Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:20 am

Cunt wrote: ↑
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That's stupid.
No. You're stupid. :Erasb:
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Post by Cunt » Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:24 am

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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Cunt » Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:03 am

Hermit wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:20 am
Cunt wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:18 am
That's stupid.
No. You're stupid. :Erasb:
How very DARE you?

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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Mar 05, 2021 10:01 am

Derp!

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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Tero » Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:35 pm

JimC wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:18 am
 Certainly, but of course the real question is whether there is a higher proportion of really stupid people in the US than elsewhere, and if so, why...

(I'm agnostic on that one...)
maybe the bell curve is not a bell curve? maybe two humps with a valley of 100 IQ between them
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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Tero » Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:42 pm

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Re: There are a whole bunch of really stupid people in America

Post by Tero » Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:44 pm

"naive realism"

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