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treestar

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8. I do know older people who got advanced degrees a long time ago

Reply to Walk away (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 08:51 PM

Oct 2013

In science. But after years of retirement, they've forgotten a lot about it. And the big danger is they think they know everything about everything else.

I was talking to my uncle and father one evening, and they were arguing that some doctor didn't do the right thing in the uncle's case. I said the doctor has a degree in medicine and experience. They actually insisted that they know their own body and therefore know more than the doctor and should tell him what to do! And they weren't lacking in education. It was just a long time ago. And sciences you can possibly understand without having any wisdom.

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A Yale professor's study show Teabaggers have slightly more knowledge of science.... [View all] Walk away Oct 2013 OP

Did you mean less? And is the link right? rainy Oct 2013 #1

I added some links... Walk away Oct 2013 #3

I suspect that quite a few participating in the survey answered opposite of brewens Oct 2013 #11

At first, I thought WTF when I looked at that chart. Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #2

So what is your doctorate in? whistler162 Oct 2013 #4

I don't have a doctorate. Did I imply that I did? Walk away Oct 2013 #6

The chart says exactly the opposite of the OP. Coyotl Oct 2013 #5

I'm sorry it's hard to understand. That is my point. Walk away Oct 2013 #9

The 3R's. They know the answers expected in a test. Memorization. Tigress DEM Oct 2013 #12

Yep. And that is a major part of the reason... YoungDemCA Oct 2013 #14

But there is a certain intelligence to knowing both sides of the argument. Tigress DEM Oct 2013 #15

can't expose the "common" folk to "dangerous ideas" like critical thinking, etc. BelgianMadCow Oct 2013 #16

Haha, thanks! YoungDemCA Oct 2013 #18

One study does not prove anything. 4bucksagallon Oct 2013 #7

"Nonetheless, there is reason to believe that strict right-wing ideology Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #20

I do know older people who got advanced degrees a long time ago treestar Oct 2013 #8

Now that makes perfect sense. Turbineguy Oct 2013 #10

What a biased load of crap seattle15 Oct 2013 #13

The only reason Tea Party supporters might score above average is because of SES YoungDemCA Oct 2013 #17

That's a very interesting blog (Prof. Kahan seems to object to calling it a "study"), petronius Oct 2013 #19

...than a gerbil....on acid. nt Wounded Bear Oct 2013 #21