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22% of Americans stupider than ever

22% of Americans stupider than ever.

Reader comments

Brian SJun 17, 2003 at 12:22PM

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.

GluttonJun 17, 2003 at 12:29PM

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.

ariceJun 17, 2003 at 12:42PM

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

Brandon D. ValentineJun 17, 2003 at 2:15PM

45% characterized Watergate was "just politics"

Mr. Harris is also one hell of a grammarian.

dowingbaJun 17, 2003 at 5:50PM

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

Ray GrieselhuberJun 19, 2003 at 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 GusevJun 25, 2003 at 10:07AM

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.