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10-11-2021, 10:09 AM
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velocitician
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Stupid is out there in spades
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...-america-dumb/
quote: T.S. Eliot wrote that the world ends "not with a bang but a whimper,” but I fear our great nation is careening toward a third manner of demise: descent into lip-blubbering, self-destructive idiocy.
How did we become, in such alarming measure, so dumb? Why is the news dominated by ridiculous controversies that should not be controversial at all? When did so many of our fellow citizens become full-blown nihilists who deny even the concept of objective reality? And how must this look to the rest of the world?
Read the headlines and try not to weep.
As Albert Einstein once said to me: “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity.” But what is much more widespread than the actual stupidity is the playing stupid, turning off your ear, not listening, not seeing. ... As an aside, the notion that human stupidity is unlimited has a long history.
How dumb can a nation get and still survive? Idiotically, we seem determined to find out.
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Last edited by 46zilzal; 10-11-2021 at 10:14 AM.
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10-11-2021, 10:33 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 46zilzal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...-america-dumb/
quote: T.S. Eliot wrote that the world ends "not with a bang but a whimper,” but I fear our great nation is careening toward a third manner of demise: descent into lip-blubbering, self-destructive idiocy.
How did we become, in such alarming measure, so dumb? Why is the news dominated by ridiculous controversies that should not be controversial at all? When did so many of our fellow citizens become full-blown nihilists who deny even the concept of objective reality? And how must this look to the rest of the world?
Read the headlines and try not to weep.
As Albert Einstein once said to me: “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity.” But what is much more widespread than the actual stupidity is the playing stupid, turning off your ear, not listening, not seeing. ... As an aside, the notion that human stupidity is unlimited has a long history.
How dumb can a nation get and still survive? Idiotically, we seem determined to find out.
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Someone once said, Physician heal thyself.
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10-11-2021, 12:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 46zilzal
How did we become, in such alarming measure, so dumb?
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An Education System that grades on "Participation" instead of "Merit" will always foster mediocrity.
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10-11-2021, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Greyfox
An Education System that grades on "Participation" instead of "Merit" will always foster mediocrity.
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or universities asking professors to grade based on skin color.
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10-11-2021, 12:33 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greyfox
An Education System that grades on "Participation" instead of "Merit" will always foster mediocrity.
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I tried to Google that to see if it was a quote by someone more famous than you. ;-) BTW, great quote. This is what Google said back:
Quote:
It looks like there aren't many great matches for your search
Tip: Try using words that might appear on the page you’re looking for. For example, "cake recipes" instead of "how to make a cake."
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I find this funny because it is an absolutely perfect Fit-the-Narrative response.
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10-11-2021, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by tucker6
or universities asking professors to grade based on skin color.
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Does this mean that darker skinned folks would get better scores than their lighter-skinned counterparts? 
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10-11-2021, 01:27 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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I agree with 46.
And I blame all on dems their moronic followers, like, well, 46.
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10-11-2021, 01:41 PM
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Teaching young students to hate their parents says a lot.
You'd hope even the youngest are smarter than that.
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10-11-2021, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by boxcar
Does this mean that darker skinned folks would get better scores than their lighter-skinned counterparts? |
I am sure this is what was being referenced:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ucla-prof...tly-suspension
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10-11-2021, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
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Oh my...that doesn't seem very fair. It's not only monumentally unfair but it's downright insulting and degrading to minorities. But then...what would we expect from liberals since they believe minorities don't even know how to get valid I.D.s?
I'm beginning to think that every minority household should have at least one volunteer liberal living in it so that they can teach these minorities the fundamentals of life, beginning with personal hygiene, with the first lesson being a butt wipe lesson after taking a number 2. If we're all lucky the minorities would quickly dispose with all their at-home teachers.
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Last edited by boxcar; 10-11-2021 at 04:48 PM.
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10-11-2021, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
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It's a travesty that universities kowtow to students. College kids may be smart but are incredibly stupid when it comes to seeing the larger picture over time. Does the student realize that if you start giving grades based on color, you may eventually one day be operated on by a black surgeon? Are they competent and of the same standard as others. Who is to know and isn't that the point? Don't we want all our structural engineers equally competent when building bridges? Brain surgery? Wtf!
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10-11-2021, 06:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 46zilzal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...-america-dumb/
quote: T.S. Eliot wrote that the world ends "not with a bang but a whimper,” but I fear our great nation is careening toward a third manner of demise: descent into lip-blubbering, self-destructive idiocy.
How did we become, in such alarming measure, so dumb? Why is the news dominated by ridiculous controversies that should not be controversial at all? When did so many of our fellow citizens become full-blown nihilists who deny even the concept of objective reality? And how must this look to the rest of the world?
Read the headlines and try not to weep.
As Albert Einstein once said to me: “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity.” But what is much more widespread than the actual stupidity is the playing stupid, turning off your ear, not listening, not seeing. ... As an aside, the notion that human stupidity is unlimited has a long history.
How dumb can a nation get and still survive? Idiotically, we seem determined to find out.
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At least you were able to straighten him out on that relativity thingy.
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10-11-2021, 07:01 PM
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Location: New Hampshire
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Originally Posted by Tom
I agree with 46.
And I blame all on dems their moronic followers, like, well, 46.
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Well I bet he was looking into the mirror when he started the thread, his is the way of psycho babel. Always looking to put himself among the elite with copy and paste of others psycho babel he reads, his stuff is so bad here no one thinks to call him out as a plagiarist.
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10-11-2021, 08:34 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Wisconsin
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communist nation
The attourney General's son in law and daughter run a CRT company that sells the commie bullshit to the school systems making millions -- what crap
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10-11-2021, 10:23 PM
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Location: Toronto
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Originally Posted by boxcar
Oh my...that doesn't seem very fair. It's not only monumentally unfair but it's downright insulting and degrading to minorities. But then...what would we expect from liberals since they believe minorities don't even know how to get valid I.D.s?
I'm beginning to think that every minority household should have at least one volunteer liberal living in it so that they can teach these minorities the fundamentals of life, beginning with personal hygiene, with the first lesson being a butt wipe lesson after taking a number 2. If we're all lucky the minorities would quickly dispose with all their at-home teachers. |
I think the most racist thing to say is people of color need the white mans help with everything insinuating that they can't do anything themselves.
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