Studies Show Most Americans Are Ignorant Yet Think They're Smart.

[AgeofKnowledge]

American adults score below average on worldwide test measuring math, reading and problem-solving. United States scored lower than Japan, Canada, Australia and Finland in all three areas.

American adults score below average on worldwide test | Mail Online

Newsweek magazine gave the very simple U.S. citizenship Test to 100 Americans and 38 percent failed. 29 percent of respondent would not even name the sitting US Vice President. 73 percent were unsure why America fought the cold war. 44 percent were at a loss to delineate the U.S. Bill of Rights and 6 percent had no idea what date the US celebrated its Independence Day.

US ignorance: Americans fail knowledge tests — RT USA

The American Revolution Center sponsored a multiple choice survey that revealed enormous gaps in the knowledge Americans have in civics and history for most Americans. Prior to the exam, 89 percent of the respondents expressed confidence that they would pass. However, only 6 percent went on to pass the test.

More Americans could identify Michael Jackson as the composer of "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" than could identify the Bill of Rights as a body of amendments in the Constitution.

More than a third did not know which century the American Revolution took place. In fact, half of the participants in the study believed that either the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation or the War of 1812 occurred before the American Revolution. In reality, the American Revolution took place in the last half of the 18th century. A third of the respondents believed that the Bill of Rights does not guarantee a right to a trial by jury.

Study: Americans shockingly ignorant when it comes to U.S. History - National Politics in Education | Examiner.com

The Pew Research Center plumbed random samples of American's public affairs knowledge twice a year since 2007. The questions have varied in substance and format, but the results have been uniformly dismal. The average correct score is usually just above 50% which, if judged by the usual academic standard --90+% = A, 80-89% = B, 70-79% = C, 60-69% = D, <60% = F -- would be F!

Etc... etc... etc...

Overall, us Americans are an ignorant population of voters making bad choices at the voting booth and deceived about it believing the opposite. Not a good combination.

Well, some of us have made a serious effort to be informed voters making good choices but we're only about one out of ten Americans unfortunately and this is a democratic republic so...

 

[Richie_2uk]

Who did the studies? lol

 

[jimmydiggs]

Huxley! Huxxxleeeyyy!!!

 

[jimmydiggs]

Who did the studies? lol

idk my bff jill?


Fourth line:

Newsweek magazine gave the very simple U.S. citizenship Test to 100 Americans and 38 percent failed.

 

[Isa615]

[h=2]Studies Show Most Americans Are Ignorant Yet Think They're Smart.[/h]

well, duh.​ i could've told you that.

 

[overcomer2]

I have to agree. I remember how my geography instructor in college explained a little of this. The US has water on both sides so our only neighbors really are Mexico and Canada. However, you go to Europe and they have to learn about all their neighbors, coin exchange, the leaders etc. My friend from Poland said that when their leaders make a speech, the entire speech is printed in the paper. Anyway I think sometimes we are just in our own little world. And of course Hollywood is so important to us Americans. "Ahhhhh you Americans, you will soon learn what it means not to have rights."Quote French man at World Bankers Asso. many years ago.

 

[Anonimous]

and.......................................?

 

[AgeofKnowledge]

Most Americans are dumb AND their voting choices clearly reflect their ignorance. That's the point.

Here's a new study released yesterday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that shows American adults lag well behind their counterparts in most other developed countries especially in mathematical and technical acumen.

PIAAC - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

The study, perhaps the most detailed of its kind, shows that the well-documented pattern of several other countries surging past the United States in students’ test scores and young people’s college graduation rates corresponds to a skills gap, extending far beyond school. In the United States, young adults in particular fare poorly compared with their international competitors of the same ages across the board including literacy.

Our economy is deteriorating and being held up with massive deficit spending while the populace actually grows stupider and more ignorant over time. Not a good combination.

and.......................................?

 

[Praus]

Most Americans are dumb

Matt 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

 

[Anonimous]

Nearly 6 years ago I would have disagreed with such a statement. But, alas, the current administration supports this finding.

 

[Anonimous]

Most Americans are dumb AND their voting choices clearly reflect their ignorance. That's the point.

Here's a new study released yesterday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that shows American adults lag well behind their counterparts in most other developed countries especially in mathematical and technical acumen.

PIAAC - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

The study, perhaps the most detailed of its kind, shows that the well-documented pattern of several other countries surging past the United States in students’ test scores and young people’s college graduation rates corresponds to a skills gap, extending far beyond school. In the United States, young adults in particular fare poorly compared with their international competitors of the same ages across the board including literacy.

Our economy is deteriorating and being held up with massive deficit spending while the populace actually grows stupider and more ignorant over time. Not a good combination.

..shouldn't that be "more stupid" as opposed to "stupider?" That would be akin to "more better" as they say around here.

 

[AgeofKnowledge]

Tell it to this Democratic Congresswoman. She's dumber than a box of fake hope and change. Here she's calling for martial law to end the government shut down so the national debt can continue to skyrocket. ROFL! Dummies sending dummies to Congress. Tragic. Watch the state of the nation continue to deteriorate.

[video=youtube_share;BUx50lP8Vfc]http://youtu.be/BUx50lP8Vfc[/video]

..shouldn't that be "more stupid" as opposed to "stupider?" That would be akin to "more better" as they say around here.

 

[AgeofKnowledge]

Misapplying scripture only makes you look foolish Praus. This verse has been covered on this forum many times. You could have put in a little effort and figured out what it means and avoided misapplying it. But then, as Proverbs 18:2 states, "A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion." And no the author of Proverbs 18:2 is not in danger of hell fire either. Don't be a dummy.

Matt 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

 

[AgeofKnowledge]

The average intelligence level of a Victorian-era person was higher than a modern U.S. resident said a European research team posits in a report published May 7, 2013 in the in the journal Intelligence.

Were the Victorians cleverer than us? The decline in general intelligence estimated from a meta-analysis of the slowing of simple reaction time

Article link here: Were the Victorians Cleverer Than Us - The Decline in General Intelligence Estimated from a Meta-Analysis of the Slowing of Simple Reaction Time (2013) by Michael Anthony Woodley, Jan te Nijenhuis & Raegan Murphy.pdf

Also interesting: Judges Getting Dumber as Courts Growing More Powerful, Economist Says | TheBlaze.com

Dumb and Dumber: Study Says Humans Are Slowly Losing Their Smarts - US News and World Report

 

[Praus]

Misapplying scripture only makes you look foolish Praus. This verse has been covered on this forum many times. You could have put in a little effort and figured out what it means and avoided misapplying it. But then, as Proverbs 18:2 states, "A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion." And no the author of Proverbs 18:2 is not in danger of hell fire either. Don't be a dummy.

Prov 29:9 [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.

 

[SonInMe]

Americans may not know who the vice president is( Howdy Doody ) but they sure know Tommy has two mommies..

eh? ( a little canadian lingo there )

Just a fyi, the ultra liberal union for teachers just proves one thing...the low information voter who elects liberals? They were indoctrin...I mean educated to vote that way.

Really, why elect an ideology, liberalism, that only flourishes when racism and class envy exist? It can only be indoctrination.

 

[AgeofKnowledge]

I have no rest with you Praus... lol.

Prov 29:9 [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.

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[Married_Richenbrachen]

The average intelligence level of a Victorian-era person was higher than a modern U.S. resident said a European research team posits in a report published May 7, 2013 in the in the journal Intelligence.

Wasn't there a movie about this? It had to do with water fluoridation or something. I don't think it ended well...

 

[1still_waters]

This may all be true, but it doesn't matter.
As long as we keep making ONE major invention every 25 years or so, and have a major military, we can all be as dumb as rocks.

This dumb nation invented the iPhone, iPad, lightbulb, PC, Windows, car...etc.

Us dummies will keep inventing things then we'll hire the smarties to make it for us at low production costs.

 

[AgeofKnowledge]

Spoken like someone with a government job. No we won't because 330 million people cannot live off of a few people inventing and everyone else NOT manufacturing their inventions. That type of thinking is a primary driver of why we're failing economically now.

Invention is now increasingly happening elsewhere. Public education continues to deteriorate. Aptitude continues to deteriorate. The domestic job market continues to deteriorate. Public debt; however, continues to accumulate. Etc... etc... etc...

As we get stupider, eventually even invention won't occur here materially any longer. Just a poor failed nation hiding behind aging nukes.

When the next big thing fails to materialize in the U.S. and there is no new revolution for Americans to ride on like they did the PC revolution, the money is going to run out... eventually even for government workers. What happens when the money runs out?

Answer: Greece.

Technology Focus: US Falling Behind More In Patent Sweepstakes

"Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling." -Proverbs 16:18

This may all be true, but it doesn't matter.
As long as we keep making ONE major invention every 25 years or so, and have a major military, we can all be as dumb as rocks.

This dumb nation invented the iPhone, iPad, lightbulb, PC, Windows, car...etc.

Us dummies will keep inventing things then we'll hire the smarties to make it for us at low production costs.