On Tue, 11 May 2010 07:41:40 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>>> Sure. But if you read something in a book, there is a high
>>>>> probability that it has some basis in fact. If you read something
>>>>> off da intertubes, it could be utter nonesense.
>>>> You haven't read some of the textbooks that are in the US educational
>>>> system.  Fair amount of nonsense in there, put in by religious
>>>> nutjobs who want public schools to teach their particular brand of
>>>> religion.
>>> OK, that's quite worrying.
>> 
>> You're telling me.  I went to public school here. ;-)
> 
> Is that why American people are so stupid?
> 
> Or maybe it's *because* American people are stupid? IDK.
> 
> [Perhaps I should append "on average" to that...]

Well, there are quite a few very smart people over here too, many of whom 
went to public schools.  But a fair number are lazy when it comes to 
facts and don't see the "value" in them.

But I don't think that's just Americans, either.

Jim

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