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Post by maximus on Apr 21, 2012 1:34:37 GMT 10
Please note: You left out the bit which gave rise to the post. Where someone had stated elsewhere that we do not see a wide variety of human behaviour. That is simply ignorance of Dan Quayle proportions (he who said, “We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world”). Idiocracy Rules! It is an easy gaffe to make. "American people" go together naturally, and seem to have been used automatically in this instance. This is no indicator of Vice President Quayle's intelligence. He was given short shrift by the Leftist mainstream press, who were, and are, in bed with the Democrat party.
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 21, 2012 9:06:02 GMT 10
It is an easy gaffe to make. "American people" go together naturally, and seem to have been used automatically in this instance. This is no indicator of Vice President Quayle's intelligence. He was given short shrift by the Leftist mainstream press, who were, and are, in bed with the Democrat party. I'd only say it's an easy gaffe to make if one holds a particular world view. Imagine how odd it would seem if our Deputy PM had said, " We're going to have the best-educated Australian people in the world." Can we agree that he was not exactly an intellectual giant? Certainly not among the best of your best.
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 21, 2012 9:10:53 GMT 10
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 21, 2012 9:16:41 GMT 10
Is geographical illiteracy just part of a wider problem? Belief in evolution in the US is only about 40% ( 30% among Republicans). In a survey of 34 countries the US was the second lowest (Turkey was the lowest).
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 21, 2012 9:48:53 GMT 10
Here the US stands in even greater contrast to the rest of the world when one considers that belief in evolution usually relates to national wealth (presumably reflecting the level and standard of education).
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 21, 2012 10:49:29 GMT 10
In countries where evolution is generally regarded as a fairly well-defined fact and where those who doubt it are looked at askance, the word "evolutionary" has less emotional appeal, less "glamour" if you will (it just IS). I suggest that simply prefixing a controversial field with the word "evolutionary" might give that field some veneer of scientific appeal or currency in places with low evolutionary literacy (like using the word "electrolytes" in Idiocracy). In places where evolutionary literacy is high, people are more likely to question if usage of the word "evolutionary" (or, for that matter, the usage of the word "psychology") is appropriate.
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Post by Smithee on Apr 21, 2012 18:43:08 GMT 10
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Post by Smithee on Aug 10, 2012 16:05:29 GMT 10
Why are the people most resembling pasty versions of the willfully ignorant rednecks in the movie Idiocracy its biggest fans?
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Post by Tamrin on Aug 11, 2012 8:20:27 GMT 10
Why are the people most resembling pasty versions of the willfully ignorant rednecks in the movie Idiocracy its biggest fans?
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