22% of Americans stupider than everJUN 17 2003

22% of Americans stupider than ever.

There are 7 reader comments

Brian S22 17 200312:22PM

And that guy is just as stupid as those people for taking the results of polls as conclusive evidence of other people's IQs without knowing the questions they were asked.

Glutton29 17 200312:29PM

Or the inebriation level slash mischeviousness of the respondees. If you called 100 drunk trailer-park residents just as dinner is served, you'll get quite a variety of responses, most of them rude and/or obscene.

arice42 17 200312:42PM

Don't be surprised just how many twits are actually out there.

Brandon D. Valentine15 17 2003 2:15PM

45% characterized Watergate was "just politics"

Mr. Harris is also one hell of a grammarian.

dowingba50 17 2003 5:50PM

There is actually a chance that 22% of Americans are that stupid, though.

Ray Grieselhuber51 19 2003 2:51PM

I love how stupidity is equated with certain moral opinions. Since when does having a different opinion (or any opinion based on a defined set of morals) than the mainstream automatically indicate a lower level of intelligence? Mr. Harris would make a great anthropologist.

Alex Gusev07 25 200310:07AM

Believing that Saddam has or does not have WMD's is a difference of opinion. Believing that the United States has found WMD's even though it has not, is stupidity ... or at least ignorance.

This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.

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