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Did the human race reach its intellectual peak between 1930s and 1980s and now we're in a downward spiral
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Dumber in comparison to what?
In the dark ages, very few, save the clergy, could read at all.
Most American colonial small-farmers were illiterate, or nearly so.
Although illiterate, they knew how to survive and everyone had a trade, which requires a different sort of education and skill set.
Today's children know a lot of facts, but nearly all of it is useless in terms of day-to-day application. Moreover, there is by far more literate people on earth than any other time, but it is hardly put toward furthering understanding of anything meaningful.
If anything has been dumbed-down, it is the modern educational system.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72016185 This ^^^ is a good illustration of how "education" is by NO means an indicator of intelligence. Just because someone is stupid enough to get good grades in their conformity training, doesn't mean they have a high degree of intelligence. It merely means they have a high degree of gullibility and moldability. Some of us told the professors what they wanted to hear to get our grades, but were never indoctrinated. We always remembered the truth. We are the ones they fear the most, the ones who could go through years at University, pretend to be one of them as a means to an end, far to savvy to be detected, but never was what they thought we were. There are a lot of us out here. We just don't throw screaming tantrums like the indoctrinated, libtarded ones. We prefer our stealth existence, until ...........
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