Quote Originally Posted by eddievanzant
Only read a little bit of the most recent post but
You don't see a difference at all between people based on their tv viewing preferences? Different shows can appeal to different intelligence levels some appeal to many. Are Frazier family guy 24 CNN fox MTV and adult swim ok appealing to every level of intelligence? I think people who watch MTV are retarded. There, I said it.

Also, I thought the intelligence level of society was in fact decreasing. There are a million things that point to it, but I'm talking about how dumb people actually have more children. Isn't that correct?
I consider myself an intelligent, well-rounded person. I can't stand Frasier, I like The Office, How It's Made, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and I'm a sucker for traditional zoological documentaries. The only things I've ever watched on MTV were Daria and Beavis and Butthead.

Genetics do not have as strong of a role in intelligence factors as people believe- learning styles are more apt to be passed on; for example, my father was a very hands-on practical kind of guy, and a visual learner. My mother is an aural learner, and values logical textbook education over more traditional blue collar methods.

I learn best by experiencing, as well as combination aural and visual learning styles, but I am more intelligent in certain ways than my mother, as well as my father. It's very complex, you can't simply assume stupid people have stupid kids, or a lot of them. My parents are very intelligent, and I'm one of six children. It's also determined by the environment; you know, nature vs. nurture.

The point is, you can assume all people who watch Family Guy are nerds, stoners, and immature people. That may have merit, but remember that stoners can be intelligent people, nerds don't have to be intelligent, and immature people can accomplish great things.

Generalizations are the bane of intelligent thinking, because although averages, statistics, and graphs can show objective data, each person has completely unique traits which can either factor into the data, or completely negate it- it's all subjective when you come down to each individual.
Purple Banana Reviewed by Purple Banana on . Human stupidity This has been seriously getting me down lately, and I'm curious as to your perspectives on this topic, and how severe you think this social illness is. From what I've been observing, a depressing amount of people are content to live their termite lives in unquestioning intellectual sterility, devouring reality TV (and any other empty distraction), cultural and governmental propaganda, etc. They assert their values to you in a self-assured display of pedantry, values that have been hammered Rating: 5