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7. Best article I have read! Reality TV does not help. People are dumb! n-t

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37 percent of people completely lost, Mark Morford [View all] madokie Mar 2013 OP

MUST READ malaise Mar 2013 #1

this is not really much of a surprise somehow Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #2

Beat me to it. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2013 #5

Eh, smart people are just better at defending wrong ideas Fumesucker Mar 2013 #8

Nailed it RZM Mar 2013 #24

Really smart people marions ghost Mar 2013 #32

I don't think I am RZM Mar 2013 #37

I wouldn't lump academia in with the media... marions ghost Mar 2013 #40

Some good points, but . . . RZM Mar 2013 #47

Not buying marions ghost Mar 2013 #53

Yes, note that Frank Rich and Bob Herbert, the two most populist columnists at the NY Times Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #55

Right, populists are endangered marions ghost Mar 2013 #58

Much of the "elite" in control is not an intellectual elite Silent3 Mar 2013 #48

Yup, they go to the "right" schools and know the "right" people Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #59

I'd go so far as to say that marions ghost Mar 2013 #65

Or perhaps it is as Eleanor Roosevelt said, Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #73

I've used that quote myself Fumesucker Mar 2013 #75

So much of the good that Franklin is credited with came from this great woman. Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #77

I agree on the fundamentals of what you're saying here Mopar151 Mar 2013 #11

well no Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #38

Were you expecting all Americans to have above average intelligence? Xipe Totec Mar 2013 #3

"by definition, 50% of them are below average"... sangsaran Mar 2013 #41

Read the central limit theorem then get back to me. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2013 #50

The central limit theorem... Silent3 Mar 2013 #52

When distribution is roughly like a bell curve... Silent3 Mar 2013 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author demwing Mar 2013 #4

Functional illiteracy in the US chervilant Mar 2013 #6

fractions Lurker Deluxe Mar 2013 #46

Decimal fractions have denominators -- they're understood (but maybe not by all.) immoderate Mar 2013 #80

I spent my K-12 years in three school systems: Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #57

Best article I have read! Reality TV does not help. People are dumb! n-t Logical Mar 2013 #7

Really excellent article, a must read CanonRay Mar 2013 #9

You have a blessed day! grantcart Mar 2013 #10

boring, thoughtless and stupid. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #12

So, which one of those things do you believe in; unicorns, Obama gun control, or more? n/t Dawgs Mar 2013 #17

i don't believe in the results of polls about such things as described by pundits. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #19

Seriously? You need poll data to show you that over 35% of Americans believe in stupid shit. Dawgs Mar 2013 #30

He linked to the web page which gave the sources for the polls muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #44

the link to the source for the cloud computing point appears to be another article of the same HiPointDem Mar 2013 #70

WOW. I don't think this article(?) is very bright. WCLinolVir Mar 2013 #13

Agree marions ghost Mar 2013 #33

Thank you. Myrina Mar 2013 #34

Actually... sangsaran Mar 2013 #45

I agree, but the original article seems to insinuate that it does. Myrina Mar 2013 #54

You're correct. Morford is conflating a lot of things that don't belong together... truth2power Mar 2013 #43

I have a an extremely skeptic friend who no longer assumes such things WCLinolVir Mar 2013 #64

I think we could all stand to live and let live liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #66

Not having read the actual article RedStateLib Mar 2013 #14

+1 for this: HiPointDem Mar 2013 #20

There's nothing particularly "open minded"... Silent3 Mar 2013 #22

Should I "respect the beliefs" of someone who believes in leprechauns, or The Stork? hatrack Mar 2013 #29

I respect someone with different beliefs who treats people with kindness a lot more than liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #69

Can you imagine that this marions ghost Mar 2013 #35

Apparently I am an Idiot (for wasting my time on this article). IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #15

It's quite amazing still to find people with a functioning glowing Mar 2013 #16

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but NOT to having it considered equally on point Mar 2013 #18

And... stupidity is no less stupid when you call it a "belief". enki23 Mar 2013 #21

Excellent article samplegirl Mar 2013 #23

Elitist finger wagging, fake-superiority. Quantess Mar 2013 #25

Only 45% believe in angels but 73% are Christian? JVS Mar 2013 #26

Another Direct Hit From Morford. Encore! (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #27

Bush's base n2doc Mar 2013 #28

DUrec... SidDithers Mar 2013 #31

At least 50% are below average the way numbers work. gordianot Mar 2013 #36

Yes, they come in all stripes Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #39

Proud to give this Rec #37, but I don't completely agree with Mark slackmaster Mar 2013 #42

Science is my religion. Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #49

George Carlin: "Just how fucking stupid do you have to be to believe in angels?" Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #56

While the underlying premise of this article may be accurate, Avalux Mar 2013 #60

Mark Morford must have just spent a few weeks in IN. Brigid Mar 2013 #61

Teach to the test..avoid "controversial" subjects..downplay critical thinking SoCalDem Mar 2013 #62

Could it be, in reality, that Mark is being generous, that Mark is understating the impact of the indepat Mar 2013 #63

or maybe he's just a tattooed asshole with a big mouth. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #67

They do not believe things they were not told, they have been fooled, and so they are fools 1-Old-Man Mar 2013 #68

The obviously brilliant and non-lost writer of the piece: HiPointDem Mar 2013 #71

Is your post suggesting we should judge people based on appearance? nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #78

Why not? It's no less inane than Union Scribe Mar 2013 #84

OK, you got me there. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #85

oh no, clearly we should judge them on the results of surveys reported third-hand. much better, HiPointDem Mar 2013 #86

Please tell me that was taken 25 years ago. Union Scribe Mar 2013 #82

So bashing "the 47%" is bad, but bashing "the 37%" is funny? Sorry, but no. reformist2 Mar 2013 #72

Pointing out the FACT that 37% ignore FACTS SalviaBlue Mar 2013 #74

Which facts are being ignored? ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #79

"Thirty-six percent believe in UFOs." ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #76

Well, I do believe in UFOs because I saw some UFOs. Amonester Mar 2013 #81

One of our nation's great hobbies Union Scribe Mar 2013 #83

+1 HiPointDem Mar 2013 #87

How do we treat our poor, is the real question. Festivito Mar 2013 #88