WOTMQ: Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
On various networks, and in syndication, adults had a difficult time proving that they were smarter than a 5th grader — for seven seasons! But what's more disturbing is that millions and millions of people are living their lives based on the writings of people whose knowledge of our world couldn't even begin to compete with today's average elementary school graduate.
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Size of the earth… 36D? Then its certainly… NOT flat! 🤣 I wish we could replicate that Game Show, but let American 5th graders compete with their peers from another country like… Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Japan. Well, we know what the outcome would be, but is it just a coincidence that atheism is much more prevalent, even dominant, in those countries? I think not.
But Brian, it’s so easy to replace knowledge and wisdom with belief (the acceptance of claims without evidence) and faith (the acceptance of claims despite evidence). Egos are fragile and discovering you are wrong is such a downer. It’s better to have an unverifiable position because then you can never be wrong. Knowledge is difficult to get. You have to be able evaluate evidence. Learning what IS and ISN’T evidence takes SO much energy. And then finding out you made a mistake and have to go back to the drawing board. It takes too much time and effort to actually BE correct. It’s SO much easier to be right. Isn’t THAT why the GOP is on the right?
Great points. You're absolutely correct!!! We just don't have the patience or the energy for that shit anymore.