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8. I also read a study that showed

Fri Oct 11, 2013, 06:01 PM

Oct 2013

that as much as 75% of Americans could not find the United States on a map. Just like what Morgan Spurlock said on "Super Size Me", that we aren't just the fattest nation in the world, we are becoming the stupidest. BTW, by Simpson family, does the thing the TV show?

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Now I Understand Why People Believe What They Hear on Fox News�. [View all] highplainsdem Oct 2013 OP

k&r... spanone Oct 2013 #1

Golden retrievers with smartphones lpbk2713 Oct 2013 #2

...golden retrievers with smartphones Whisp Oct 2013 #3

way too much pride in ignorance in this country nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #4

Individuals are shockingly stupid Warpy Oct 2013 #5

The point, I guess, of the film "Idiocracy" dougolat Oct 2013 #6

The Idiocracy is the Singularity. Yeah... freshwest Oct 2013 #7

I also read a study that showed Dpm12 Oct 2013 #8

I have lots of wonderful friends here but I'm not sure I can take it anymore. BlueJazz Oct 2013 #9

it's a gift with some people napkinz Oct 2013 #13

That is the first thing I thought of with this yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #21

Most of us on/at DU are friends with fairly intelligent people. We tend to forget that there is.. BlueJazz Oct 2013 #24

I learn something new here every day... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #25

Plus Fox News is on in lots of businesses Qutzupalotl Oct 2013 #10

That's very true. dmr Oct 2013 #14

I guess she never heard about this lawsuit: Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #34

How could any American not know where Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #11

It could be worst Snake Plissken Oct 2013 #16

love it tomm2thumbs Oct 2013 #20

And that tells you why the GOP can't stand "intellectuals" or decent public education. n/t Triana Oct 2013 #12

That's why they are one of the first to be targeted for execution in totalitarian take overs. ErikJ Oct 2013 #28

Are people deliberately pretending to be stupid for pollsters? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #15

Not Faux answers at all. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #23

Probably not GP6971 Oct 2013 #27

I guess "Idiocracy" really is a documentary after all. Brigid Oct 2013 #17

Miss Teen South Carolina was right about the US's crippling shortage of maps! FSogol Oct 2013 #18

20% of Americans believe the Sun revolves around the Earth tomm2thumbs Oct 2013 #19

omg! Where does that leave the MOON??? yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #22

! LukeFL Oct 2013 #30

you mean that big round hunk of cheese? tomm2thumbs Oct 2013 #32

Yes everyone knows yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #33

Revolving around the Earth with the rest of the Universe. JoeyT Oct 2013 #41

Also, we were brought up watching our parents watch the news, read the papers elehhhhna Oct 2013 #26

Wow! LukeFL Oct 2013 #29

I always found the sellers of mental Kool-Aid made emotional Cleita Oct 2013 #31

I wonder how many people just answer the questions falsely even though they know the answer Victor_c3 Oct 2013 #35

Yeah, I would think I was being pranked if I was questioned like that. MindPilot Oct 2013 #37

I always wonder the same thing. JoeyT Oct 2013 #42

As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the MarchemintotheSea Oct 2013 #36

I like money RandiFan1290 Oct 2013 #38

How Pubs, Teahadists and Conservatives see President Obama MarchemintotheSea Oct 2013 #39

When I was a junior in high school in the mid-1960s Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #40

"My working thesis is" - stop. RadiationTherapy Oct 2013 #43

Is it a coincidence... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #44