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What are your thoughts on this subject?
Just click the third option on the poll, Tucker. (That's the bottom one). :2razz:
The question was if we are getting dumber, and not if we increase our knowledge.Nah, we are increasing our knowledge of the world and universe as technology expands
The question was if we are getting dumber, and not if we increase our knowledge.
Knowledge cannot decrease unless you erase it from the many existing databases, so obviously it'll only increase.
That is exactly the answer I was looking for.People aren't getting dumber, but our society tolerates, even embraces stupidity.
The reasons for this are many. The one that dist rubs me most, is that a stupid population is more easily controlled, and therefore more desirable on some quarters.
It has to be tolerated, but -- and this is where we are manipulated, in need not be listened to.That is exactly the answer I was looking for.
Society seems to give more voice for dumb people.
Free speech is fine but dumb speech shouldn't be tolerated.
The question was if we are getting dumber, and not if we increase our knowledge.
Knowledge cannot decrease unless you erase it from the many existing databases, so obviously it'll only increase.
Yes, it does seem that way. Or perhaps it is Society which is inherently dumb?Society seems to give more voice for dumb people.
Free speech is fine but dumb speech shouldn't be tolerated.
Surely as knowledge increases our starting point shifts that much further ahead?
Paul
What are your thoughts on this subject?
Being the avid reader and a bit of a history buff that I am I have seen many references threw history in which the speaker/writer has commented on later generations. The trend in opinion seems to be each generation surpasses the previous generation in stupidity.
Personally I do not believe this to be the case but rather as we get older and wiser we see the idiocy of youth, the same youth and idiocy we were once guilty of. Overall I do not think we are increasing or decreasing in intelligence to any great degree.