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Fitz Farseer
Elite Storm Enterprises Storm Armada
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Posted - 2007.04.25 11:42:00 -
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Im watching TV this morning while I was eating and it just felt a bit weird.
Im watching good day new york on channel 5, They were talking about possible life on other planets and when the "scientist" came on to speak his tone and words he used sounded like he was on beakmans world... thats a childrens TV show that shows very simple science.
Then they are about to go to commercial and say stay tuned, we are about to show why Dogs Really wag there tails... 20 minutes of explaining why Dogs really wag there tales and common misconceptions.
I am really thinking that corporate media is trying to purposely Dumb a large majority of us down.
Lets face it, in the last few decades people are getting stupider and stupider..
There are some very bright people but in ratio peoples IQ's are going down.
I think one of the reasons is Media that tell people how and what to believe and think.
and the other is the lack brain exercise, everything right now is pretty much down by computers.
What are people learning? most schools are at a time lows for people graduating past high school.
Think about it, if you tell a stupid person to do something they usually do it without thinking to much.
That goes for buying things or fighting our wars...
Hey, you can call me a insane conspiracy theorist but maybe thats because you were brainwashed into thinking so.
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Captain Garrett
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Posted - 2007.04.25 11:58:00 -
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Originally by: Fitz Farseer There are some very bright people but in ratio peoples IQ's are going down.
is this true? If so that is very concerning. link to your source please for evidence of scientific testing demonstrating an IQ drop.
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Wendat Huron
Lupus Industries
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Posted - 2007.04.25 12:01:00 -
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Yes of course they are, stupid people are more easily funneled into the army.
Watch the movie Idiocracy, it has a point about intelligent people procreating at a slower rate than morons and the longterm effect of this, once that point is made you might as well turn it off since it's not good for much else.
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Jernau Gurgeh
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.04.25 12:08:00 -
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I hear that one of the symptoms of a dumbed down society is that people often confuse similar sounding words, such as "there" and "their"
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Flap jak
Impulse-9
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Posted - 2007.04.25 12:09:00 -
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yes i joined the military because i'm stupid..... __
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Miss Anthropy
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2007.04.25 12:14:00 -
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I agree with the OP. I'm guessing you live in the US because I've never heard of that show, but I understand what you mean.
Here in the UK, over the last 10 years, it's as if everything is being spoon fed to us. The government is encroaching more and more on our daily lives and decisions.
Also, life is becoming more and more contradictory. For example (slightly offtopic but a necessary point in relation to the thread); several years ago here in the UK there was a huge debate about smacking children as a form of discipline. Now, I know most of the western world is getting cuddly and PC, but personally I believe smacking kids is sometimes necessary. Needless to say, the UK government passed a compromise law that allowed for smacking but there were so many rules regarding it (no marks, no items, just your hand) that it was made into a pointless law. Some of these laws I can understand in order to prevent child abuse (but our Social Services are so inept it wouldn't matter anyway).
Anyways, my point is that crime is generally on the increase. Especially in our youth culture (yob culture we call it here). The government is pressing parents to be firmer with their children. The parents blame the schools, the schools blame the parents and everyone blames the police. The police's hands are tied because they prefer to sit watching speed cameras all day so they can make revenue from speeding fines. In a nutshell, the government has removed the right of parents (and schools) to discipline children and yet demand that parents and schools do more. This is stupid in my book.
Anyways, sorry for the thread hijack but I had to get that off my chest. I reckon within 50 years, if things don't change, then children will probably be raised by the state.
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Empress Aphrodite
Soar Angelic
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Posted - 2007.04.25 12:28:00 -
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It's easy to think this, the evidence is all around us. Levels of intelligence can only be judged on a relative basis and so the intelligent will always be a minority. TV and other media makes money by appealing to the majority.
I'm pretty sure the levels of intelligence are similar to how they have always been; we have different technologies and areas of interest but, if there was an absolute way of assessing intelligence, I'd wager it'd be similar to several thousand years ago at least.
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mamolian
Vortex. Maelstrom Alliance
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Posted - 2007.04.25 12:32:00 -
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This topic made me smile.
GO BACK TO BED AMERICA! HERES AMERICAN GLADIATOR.. ON 57 CHANNELS.. GO BACK TO BED AMERICA!
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Plasticine Perfection
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Posted - 2007.04.25 12:57:00 -
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Of *course* they're trying to make people stupider! Are you stupid or something!?! (nb: irony, joke, no offense actually meant ;)
Think about it, what's easier to control, a population that can critically analyse data, can remember and understand scientific details, can assess and grasp statistics and who has a firm grounding in history....
...or a mass of people who read tabloid newspapers, watch FOX News, think God created the world in 7 days, believe that ****** ******* was behind 9/11, accept the "fact" that there really were WMDs and who are fooled by adverts?
Hmm.
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Ealiom
Infinitus Morti R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2007.04.25 12:57:00 -
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Same style of thing on UK TV with Richard and Judy [shudder] Thank you Julia for sharing that simply harrowing experience you had at the hands of your rapist. Okay on next we have coco the dog who can bark in 12 different languages. Then later we have Bob Ekingson who was in that advert you all remember 35 years ago.
My pet hate is pseudo science guy. He's everywhere explaining everything with bright piecharts and 10th grade animations with labels like - atoms [they are small things]
TV is just dumb in general, It has to be to cater for the masses.
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VanNostrum
The Legion. Requiem-Aeternam
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Posted - 2007.04.25 13:07:00 -
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Edited by: VanNostrum on 25/04/2007 13:05:32 For an average American, learning why a dog wags the tail is more important & cultutal than learning where Iraq/Afghanistan are.
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VanNostrum
The Legion. Requiem-Aeternam
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Posted - 2007.04.25 13:09:00 -
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Edited by: VanNostrum on 25/04/2007 13:05:06 doublepost
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Peter Armstrong
Caldari 5punkorp Betrayal Under Mayhem
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Posted - 2007.04.25 13:10:00 -
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Originally by: Wendat Huron Yes of course they are, stupid people are more easily funneled into the army.
umm sorry? where did you get this crap from? i think you can STFU now thank you. ------------------------------------ It's all part of the Experiance! |
Ealiom
Infinitus Morti R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2007.04.25 13:16:00 -
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Edited by: Ealiom on 25/04/2007 13:12:58
I think we can all agree that the worlds stupid can find themselves in all sorts of positions in life. Be it military, doctors, bricklayers, poloticians, KFC, or architects - [looks att he guy across from me] 'yeah YOU'
P.S. Wait a minute Fitz Farseer. Assassins Apprentice! Eali gives himself a pat on the back.
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VanNostrum
The Legion. Requiem-Aeternam
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Posted - 2007.04.25 13:24:00 -
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Edited by: VanNostrum on 25/04/2007 13:25:08 dunno bout US recruitment but here is how Ukranian recruitment works
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Weebear
The Bowrey
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Posted - 2007.04.25 13:25:00 -
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Originally by: mamolian This topic made me smile.
GO BACK TO BED AMERICA! HERES AMERICAN GLADIATOR.. ON 57 CHANNELS.. GO BACK TO BED AMERICA!
Damn, I was going to do my Bill Hicks impression |
Ralle030583
Gallente The Phoenix cor Phoenix Allianz
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Posted - 2007.04.25 14:25:00 -
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Originally by: VanNostrum Edited by: VanNostrum on 25/04/2007 13:26:41 Dunno bout US recruitment but here is how Ukranian recruitment works
LOOOL nice.... You need a free Killboard? check: http:\\wwww.eve-kill.net |
RedFall
Irreligion
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Posted - 2007.04.25 14:42:00 -
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Edited by: RedFall on 25/04/2007 14:52:08
Originally by: Wendat Huron Yes of course they are, stupid people are more easily funneled into the army.
Um, yer dum.
Originally by: VanNostrum Edited by: VanNostrum on 25/04/2007 13:26:41 Dunno bout US recruitment but here is how Ukranian recruitment works
Awesome.
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Lithalnas
Amarr Hadean Drive Yards Archaean Cooperative
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Posted - 2007.04.25 15:52:00 -
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there is a class gap forming between the educated(BS/BA/PHd) and the uneducated(high school).
Why is this gap forming, because its all about money, those with the higher education get higher paying jobs and therefor join the upper middle class, those who remain uneducated stay in the blue collar jobs that don't pay as well. With this difference in income the two parties separate and issues of money become a bone of contention between them. ------------- Hadean Drive Yards The EvE inflation, 80 Macro miners, 1.5b isk/day |
RedFall
Irreligion
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Posted - 2007.04.25 16:12:00 -
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Originally by: Lithalnas there is a class gap forming between the educated(BS/BA/PHd) and the uneducated(high school).
Why is this gap forming, because its all about money, those with the higher education get higher paying jobs and therefor join the upper middle class, those who remain uneducated stay in the blue collar jobs that don't pay as well. With this difference in income the two parties separate and issues of money become a bone of contention between them.
With a HS Diploma in America you can make $75000 a year after a few years in construction. Starting pay around 30-35k a year.
A lot of recent college graduates don't make that much.
So, you want everyone to have a 4 year degree?
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Elodie Belanger
Moonlight Sonata
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Posted - 2007.04.25 17:28:00 -
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Originally by: Fitz Farseer in ratio peoples IQ's are going down.
Can you source this? I'm certain I read an article in New Scientist that said the contrary, but I think the issue's been thrown away now and I don't think I've activated the online account.
I assume there'll be a few people who subscribe to NS here, so this is the link to the article if someone wouldn't mind checking for me.
Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. Tennyson, Ulysses |
VinceNoir
Amarr Pyrrhus Sicarii Aftermath Alliance
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Posted - 2007.04.25 19:31:00 -
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This thread definitely made me feel stupid.
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Mtthias Clemi
Gallente Infinitus Odium
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Posted - 2007.04.25 19:40:00 -
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Originally by: Miss Anthropy Especially in our youth culture (yob culture we call it here).
Im sorry, did you just say youth culture and yob culture are the same thing...
It may seem like all youths are becoming yobbish, becoming much less intelligent you might say... but you never hear about the ones that aren't do you?
Its like my mum says to me "You always leave the cupboard door open!"
My response is "I assure you i don't, if i don't leave it open, you don't know i have used it, so how can you possibly say i do?"
sorry, might not be relevant, but you know... shush.. -------------------------------------------- Stay away from my signature all of ya!!! IM WARNING YOU!!
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Amphetaminer
Grumpy Old Men
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Posted - 2007.04.25 20:00:00 -
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Edited by: Amphetaminer on 25/04/2007 19:57:26 first a little gripe over the topic name "the government" hello we don't all live in the US and this is not even a game that is made in the US. I often get the impression Americans think they are the only ones in the world. Ok now that I got that out of my system..
Not trying to offend anybody but please look at the American culture if there where lots of smart people there I think things would be much different. At the moment the "rich" somehow rule the country (and they profit from stupid people) while there are more poor people then rich?! Somehow the main public supports a government that prefers to spend billions on a war in a far away country instead of there own country and fixing the huge social problems. just a few examples of strange things in the US ill refrain from going on any further since politics arent allowed.
Anyways not that I care that much. The more stupid people the more I can profit from.
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RedFall
Irreligion
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Posted - 2007.04.25 20:28:00 -
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Originally by: Amphetaminer Edited by: Amphetaminer on 25/04/2007 19:57:26 first a little gripe over the topic name "the government" hello we don't all live in the US and this is not even a game that is made in the US. I often get the impression Americans think they are the only ones in the world. Ok now that I got that out of my system..
Not trying to offend anybody but please look at the American culture if there where lots of smart people there I think things would be much different. At the moment the "rich" somehow rule the country (and they profit from stupid people) while there are more poor people then rich?! Somehow the main public supports a government that prefers to spend billions on a war in a far away country instead of there own country and fixing the huge social problems. just a few examples of strange things in the US ill refrain from going on any further since politics arent allowed.
Anyways not that I care that much. The more stupid people the more I can profit from.
Yeah, you're right. I think I'll move to England. Everything there seems much more logical.
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Mtthias Clemi
Gallente Infinitus Odium
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Posted - 2007.04.25 21:55:00 -
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Originally by: RedFall
Originally by: Amphetaminer Edited by: Amphetaminer on 25/04/2007 19:57:26 first a little gripe over the topic name "the government" hello we don't all live in the US and this is not even a game that is made in the US. I often get the impression Americans think they are the only ones in the world. Ok now that I got that out of my system..
Not trying to offend anybody but please look at the American culture if there where lots of smart people there I think things would be much different. At the moment the "rich" somehow rule the country (and they profit from stupid people) while there are more poor people then rich?! Somehow the main public supports a government that prefers to spend billions on a war in a far away country instead of there own country and fixing the huge social problems. just a few examples of strange things in the US ill refrain from going on any further since politics arent allowed.
Anyways not that I care that much. The more stupid people the more I can profit from.
Yeah, you're right. I think I'll move to England. Everything there seems much more logical.
Oh a sarcasm detector! thats a reaallly useful invention! BOOM! -------------------------------------------- Stay away from my signature all of ya!!! IM WARNING YOU!!
PEW PEW PEW PEW!
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Amphetaminer
Grumpy Old Men
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Posted - 2007.04.25 21:55:00 -
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Wouldnt know am not from the UK but it does seem alot better, no people running around with guns. Or such huge social problems.
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Mtthias Clemi
Gallente Infinitus Odium
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Posted - 2007.04.25 21:59:00 -
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believe me, the UK has social problems, such as the internal Franco(Chav) Prussian(emo) war we have going on atm.. -------------------------------------------- Stay away from my signature all of ya!!! IM WARNING YOU!!
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Constantine Arcanum
IMPERIAL SENATE Pure.
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Posted - 2007.04.25 22:07:00 -
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Originally by: Mtthias Clemi believe me, the UK has social problems, such as the internal Franco(Chav) Prussian(emo) war we have going on atm..
lmfao
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RedFall
Irreligion
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Posted - 2007.04.25 23:01:00 -
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Originally by: Amphetaminer Wouldnt know am not from the UK but it does seem alot better, no people running around with guns. Or such huge social problems.
My B.S. detector has nearly asploded from your post.
WTF are you talking about?
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