People are getting dumber
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Have you ever watched that show "I'm Dumber Than A Fifth Grader." Now there are some real winners on there.
Kelly Picker on "Smarter than a 5th Grader" was disturbing.
Nobody is that stupid.
Nobody is that stupid.
Globally, people probably are getting dumber, since the industrial nations attract all the best and brightest from around the world, and people here tend to have very few kids. But I can't complain, since it means I'm getting smarter, relatively speaking.
I don't remember everything I learned in 5th grade. I feel dumb sometimes when I watch that show.
The worst part about that is there is actually a board off the side of the stage with the available letters lit up.
In fifth grade, I think the most important things I learned were calculating different dimensions of circles using Pi and the basics of air pressure and Bernoulli's principle.
In fifth grade, I think the most important things I learned were calculating different dimensions of circles using Pi and the basics of air pressure and Bernoulli's principle.
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Originally Posted By: MGregoir
The worst part about that is there is actually a board off the side of the stage with the available letters lit up.
In fifth grade, I think the most important things I learned were calculating different dimensions of circles using Pi and the basics of air pressure and Bernoulli's principle.
Yes..5th grade. I recall with fondness Principles of Steam and Thermal Dynamics... along with Fundamentals of Euclidean geometry. I missed out on Astrophysics. That was for the geeks.
The worst part about that is there is actually a board off the side of the stage with the available letters lit up.
In fifth grade, I think the most important things I learned were calculating different dimensions of circles using Pi and the basics of air pressure and Bernoulli's principle.
Yes..5th grade. I recall with fondness Principles of Steam and Thermal Dynamics... along with Fundamentals of Euclidean geometry. I missed out on Astrophysics. That was for the geeks.
The beginning of the Mike Judge move 'Idiocracy' is spot on. The dumb people have lots of kids while the smart ones have few, if any. When the main character wakes up from being in a preserving chamber for a couple hundred years, he finds that everybody is an idiot and he's the smartest man in the world. Good concept, but the movie was kind of a dud.
Even though I never graduated college (went 2 years) whenever I see Jay Leno's Jaywalking I feel like a genius
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"People are getting dumber "
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No, board members are getting smarter.
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No, board members are getting smarter.
What is this "getting" stuff?
I work with rocket scientists most of the day (NOT kidding)....some are young. I guess some people make it through the system unscathed.
Some people have found purpose in life. The lady at the bank, many of my customers, guys at church.
But some people just pose their whole life through - and it seems the system props this stuff up. Can't have any judgment, or scale or goals.....let alone morals or ethics....or just a modicum of hard work. Everybody is owed!
I work with rocket scientists most of the day (NOT kidding)....some are young. I guess some people make it through the system unscathed.
Some people have found purpose in life. The lady at the bank, many of my customers, guys at church.
But some people just pose their whole life through - and it seems the system props this stuff up. Can't have any judgment, or scale or goals.....let alone morals or ethics....or just a modicum of hard work. Everybody is owed!
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