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Message Subject THE DELIBERATE 'DUMBING' DOWN OF AMERICA (VIDEO WITHIN)
Poster Handle Anonymous Coward
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So, this is what all the a-holes I went to school with are doing now? All the kids that were too cool to attend, to apply themselves, to pay attention and to learn something? Today they are blaming "the system" for dumbing them down? LOL.

I went to the same schools you did folks--all state schools. And I am not dumb. Whose fault is it if you are?

Oh right. It's gotta be the system! I can't possibly be responsible for myself and my own education! Just because other people went to the exact same schools I did and became very successful doesn't mean anything!

Someone did this TO me. Waaaahhhh!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16316160

Actually no, the 'dumb' people (whether they did well in the school system or not) do not realize they are dumb or ignorant (sort of like yourself). You can be successful or not in the school system and still see the BS as it is and still be much smarter critically than others who do well in the school system.

If you can't understand what's being discussed here, which it looks like you cannot, you have a lot of learning to do. Or you're just a successfully molded sheep. Reading your post the latter seems very likely. LOL you even talk about being 'successful' in this system which is what the dumb school system indoctrinates you to as their idea of "success".

The dumbed down wouldn't be blaming anyone because they wouldn't realize they were dumbed down. In fact, they'd more likely just be ignorant and not understand this topic, think they are smart and successful, attack those who criticize the faulty system. Sounds like someone you know maybe?

Your post is ignorant on many levels and shows a level of incomprehension. It's actually so blatantly, hilariously, ironically at a low level which is probably why no one else responded. But I thought I'd try to help.

If you simply read some of the posts here you would see this concern is for what is happening to the people around us. As in concern for our planet from seeing more of the bigger picture and not going off of 1-off personal examples (which you have failed to do).

Please expand your awareness and then come back.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 5828703


Referring to the sentence in bold above.

They do not know that they do not know.

The Dunning Kruger effect.

Def:
"The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes.[1]

Actual competence may weaken self-confidence, as competent individuals may falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding. As Kruger and Dunning conclude, "the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others"
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Basically the more stupid you are the more you over rate your abilities and vice versa.
 
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