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Why are stupid people stupid?

Why are stupid people stupid?

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Any idea's beyond "cause they don't have any brains"?

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Its to do with the connections between the right and left had side of the brains I believe, the more connection between the Ascetic and logical controllers the more intelligent someone is. But this of course begs the question as to how we define intelligence. Artistic, logical, Practical, social. etc etc. Measuring someone's intelligence is in my opinion almost impossible.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Any idea's beyond "cause they don't have any brains"?
Modern health and education systems have removed Darwin from the equation.

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Originally posted by uzless
Modern health and education systems have removed Darwin from the equation.
rec'd

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Originally posted by uzless
Modern health and education systems have removed Darwin from the equation.
Oh I don't know, darwinin evolution will defeat us in the end. Eventually we'll leave enough stupid people in charge all over the world (cough, cough bush) that we'll eliminated ourselves. Showing that natural selection applies whether we're aware of it or not.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Any idea's beyond "cause they don't have any brains"?
what do you class as stupid? they could be naive due to their surroundings, ie. a third world country will have little in the way of television, internet, books... this could be why someone is lacking in education.... i dont think the word stupid should ever be used on anyone....

if someone has access to books, the internet etc, and stills refuses to learn, this does not make them stupid, but ignorant

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Any idea's beyond "cause they don't have any brains"?
I'm not sure if you are aware of this, it is somewhat of a national embarassment, but fully 50% of Americans have below average IQ's

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Originally posted by duecer
I'm not sure if you are aware of this, it is somewhat of a national embarassment, but fully 50% of Americans have below average IQ's
And that 50% said 'wow is that like a third?'

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Originally posted by duecer
I'm not sure if you are aware of this, it is somewhat of a national embarassment, but fully 50% of Americans have below average IQ's
let's not forget the 21-23 % functionally illiterate

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Originally posted by mbakunin
let's not forget the 21-23 % functionally illiterate
It would only be natural that people in the bottom 20% of the population's average IQ range would be more or less illiterate, that's basically moron level or worse.

But in Cuba, they are 100% literate, including the retarded,insane, autistic, and dyslexic. Just ask Castro.

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Originally posted by surtism
And that 50% said 'wow is that like a third?'
recc'd

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Originally posted by duecer
I'm not sure if you are aware of this, it is somewhat of a national embarassment, but fully 50% of Americans have below average IQ's
the money wasted on the Big Dig could have educated SO many kindergarteners.

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Originally posted by Sam The Sham
It would only be natural that people in the bottom 20% of the population's average IQ range would be more or less illiterate, that's basically moron level or worse.

But in Cuba, they are 100% literate, including the retarded,insane, autistic, and dyslexic. Just ask Castro.
actually, this study, commisioned by the government, was "statistically balanced for age, gender, ethnicity, education level, and location (urban, suburban, or rural)"

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Originally posted by mbakunin
let's not forget the 21-23 % functionally illiterate
Dear god King, you're chess rating is even lower than mine. Dude, you're dumber than duck wad!

GRANNY.

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Originally posted by mbakunin
actually, this study, commisioned by the government, was "statistically balanced for age, gender, ethnicity, education level, and location (urban, suburban, or rural)"
all of which means nothing