How Smart are Americans? (private school, party, program, New York)
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I'm wondering if the post was directed more towards ignorance than intellect. Intellectually speaking, I don't think Americans are any different than anyone else on the planet. However, I do think that Americans are/can be very ignorant to the 'rest' of the world. Perhaps that suits them. Perhaps they don't WANT to learn about other countries or other cultures, but that's a sign of willful ignorance not a lack of intellect, right? I had a neighbor when I lived in Arkansas who asked my Japanese wife what continent Asia was on.... that's not stupidity, it's ignorance. That being said, I think you'll find ignorant people all over the world. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that a lot of the problems in the world are probably caused by a certain degree of ignorance. I've always felt that ignorance breeds hatred.
Americans are very smart, with the exception of some of those who are in Washington, you have to consider that most of the items we take for granted today, and power the world's economy were invented by Americans.
The light bulb and electricity - Thomas Edison
Computer technology was credited to many Americans such as Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak, and many others before them
The powered airplane was invented by Wilbur and Oliver Wright
The Internet was invented by Al Gore... Okay, scratch that one But it was originally developed for the U.S. military by brilliant American engineers
I had been told told the internet ( or at least the WWW) had been invented by Tom Berners-Lee a UK scientist whilst at C.E.R.N ?
Also I believe Joseph Swan , a British inventor patented the first light-bulb one year before Edison whilst electric light first came to be in the early 1800s in its simplest form ?
Regarding Americans and being smart or not, I would say most human beings are born with the same intellectual capacity so IMO not one country has a claim to being smarter than another.
Americans are neither smarter nor more stupid than anybody else though some political choices seem bemusing at first glance to the rest of the world...
I had been told told the internet ( or at least the WWW) had been invented by Tom Berners-Lee a UK scientist whilst at C.E.R.N ?
Also I believe Joseph Swan , a British inventor patented the first light-bulb one year before Edison whilst electric light first came to be in the early 1800s in its simplest form ?
Regarding Americans and being smart or not, I would say most human beings are born with the same intellectual capacity so IMO not one country has a claim to being smarter than another.
Americans are neither smarter nor more stupid than anybody else though some political choices seem bemusing at first glance to the rest of the world...
its not just the rest of the world...
imagine living in a country where 50.1% can make decisions affecting everyone.
Corruption trumps reason most of the time. I am not entirely certain that there will be an election or a change of presidency. These guys have too much to loose if Bush leaves the White House and I a pretty certain they can create a reason for keeping "the Decider' in charge.
Americans are neither smarter or dumber than the rest of the world but we seem to be way more gullible
"Think evil of the powerful and you are likelier to be right."
The average American today is dumber than previous generations. The average high school graduate education today is equal to a 8th grade education of 30 years ago. The average college graduate is equal to a 12th grade high school education of 30 years ago.
Most students in foreign countries today know more about America than Americans do, and they excel Americans in science and techcnology.
The Jay Leno strret walkiing segment is a perfect example. Those segments are not orchestrated.
The only smart Americans are those that do do run for government offices. Though if they do run and and get elected, they are smart enough to know that they get free handout perks for life.
Mr. Senior member... I believe it's an 8th grade education..not a 8th grade education. Also: America has the best all-around colleges in the world.
Can I be completely honest? Americans that I personally met who live on the east or west coast are smarter then the ones in the middle.
Truthfully, to me, who had been living in America for 15 years, America is the most amazing country, and this amazing country was not built on fools.
However new genearation of Americans today are dumber then generations ago. We can all now why. Just look around us. All the things that make us "brain-dead" like bad diet, too much tv and no encouragement to read books.
Average Americans will have average intelligence, just the same as the average citizens of any nation you'd care to name.
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