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Sidartha
PostPosted: 01/21/11 12:24 am • # 1 
I can't get this video to embed but it's worth a watch:

http://www.safeshare.tv/v/fJuNgBkloFE

And these are the people who are entrusted to put an "X" next to their choice for president.

GOD HELP US ALL!
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 Offline grampatom
PostPosted: 01/21/11 2:17 am • # 2 
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I couldn't watch the whole thing. 
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Sidartha
PostPosted: 01/21/11 2:27 am • # 3 
Yeah... pretty scary stuff, eh?
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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 01/21/11 2:49 am • # 4 
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Reminds me of "Talking to Americans".
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Sidartha
PostPosted: 01/21/11 3:57 am • # 5 
Yeah but that was a Canadian talking to Americans about Canada... this is different.
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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 01/21/11 4:04 am • # 6 
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PM Poutine had a good laugh out of it, though.
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/21/11 4:58 am • # 7 
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pretty unfair, imo. there is no way that was random.
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/21/11 4:59 am • # 8 
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but moreover, i think people are smart. they just believe things that are not true. you can find that everywhere.
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/21/11 5:00 am • # 9 
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ps- i am betting that most of those people DON'T VOTE. if you want an explanation of why, you can compare % of voters to educational level, and it becomes clear right away.
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 Offline grampatom
PostPosted: 01/21/11 6:25 am • # 10 
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I think Macro's right.  There are lots of smart people who can't imagine why anything that happens outside the borders of their neighborhood should concern them.  They're not wise, but not necessarily unintelligent...just incurious.  Of course, I think incuriosity and mediocre cognition are closely correlated.   For most citizenship puposes those people are useless.
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/21/11 6:44 am • # 11 
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grampatom wrote:
I think Macro's right.  There are lots of smart people who can't imagine why anything that happens outside the borders of their neighborhood should concern them.  They're not wise, but not necessarily unintelligent...just incurious.  Of course, I think incuriosity and mediocre cognition are closely correlated.   For most citizenship puposes those people are useless.


   and for the record, i am not saying we have an informed electorate.  i am saying that there is a difference between provincial and stupid.
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 Offline sooz06
PostPosted: 01/21/11 7:00 am • # 12 
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macroscopic wrote:
grampatom wrote:
I think Macro's right.  There are lots of smart people who can't imagine why anything that happens outside the borders of their neighborhood should concern them.  They're not wise, but not necessarily unintelligent...just incurious.  Of course, I think incuriosity and mediocre cognition are closely correlated.   For most citizenship puposes those people are useless.


   and for the record, i am not saying we have an informed electorate.  i am saying that there is a difference between provincial and stupid.

I agree with gramps here, atho I would add 'self-absorbed' as an element of 'incurious' ~

Mac, for me, inbetween 'provincial' and 'stupid' is voluntary ignorance ~ and I see voluntary ignorance as a personal choice, disgraceful, and potentially dangerous ~

Sooz
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bunkerhill14
PostPosted: 01/21/11 7:12 am • # 13 
grampatom
They're not wise, but not necessarily unintelligent...just incurious.  Of course, I think incuriosity and mediocre cognition are closely correlated.   


Like dumbya for example.
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/21/11 7:46 am • # 14 
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sooz08 wrote:
macroscopic wrote:
grampatom wrote:
I think Macro's right.  There are lots of smart people who can't imagine why anything that happens outside the borders of their neighborhood should concern them.  They're not wise, but not necessarily unintelligent...just incurious.  Of course, I think incuriosity and mediocre cognition are closely correlated.   For most citizenship puposes those people are useless.


   and for the record, i am not saying we have an informed electorate.  i am saying that there is a difference between provincial and stupid.

I agree with gramps here, atho I would add 'self-absorbed' as an element of 'incurious' ~

Mac, for me, inbetween 'provincial' and 'stupid' is voluntary ignorance ~ and I see voluntary ignorance as a personal choice, disgraceful, and potentially dangerous ~

Sooz

i think stupid and ignorant are different, too.  you can have smart people that are never exposed to things.  i have seen it.
  
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/21/11 7:49 am • # 15 
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bunkerhill14 wrote:
grampatom
They're not wise, but not necessarily unintelligent...just incurious.  Of course, I think incuriosity and mediocre cognition are closely correlated.   


Like dumbya for example.

i actually think Bush is pretty smart.  he just plays stupid on TV.
  
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 Offline laffinalltheway
PostPosted: 01/21/11 4:17 pm • # 16 
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I'm embarrassed.  
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bunkerhill14
PostPosted: 01/22/11 3:55 am • # 17 
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i actually think Bush is pretty smart.  he just plays stupid on TV.
  


He's very good at that. His "pretend" stupid statements have made thousands of dollars for several authors- well I'm not sure authors is the right word- more like compilers-
just list all his stupid statements and publish them.  There were enough to fill several "books".
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