Are we getting dumber?

What the hell are you talking about?

How did you get to "good" or "bad" from a simple word as "deeper". When I think about "looking deeper", I think about actually getting to know the stupid blonde before judging her as a stupid blonde.

 

You better be living up to what you preach there, cowboy.

Did you clean the shitter of the last Mickey D's you took a shit at? Hmm?

 

being beautiful is not a false image. just like some people can't help being ugly. some people can't help being beautiful. they didn't CHOOSE it. man, you're making some really wierd statements here that make no sense whatsoever.

 

yeah, exactly. it seems perfectly reasonable to me, but he's gotta go make it all complicated so that he can spew his "higher plane" thinking.

 

Depends of the size and perkiness of the rack....

"Lord, I apologize for that right there, and please be with the starvin' pygmies .."

 

You know who crankyelbow reminds me of...

Michael


Any of you remember Michael?

 

I tried to google for a non-pornographic picture of a blonde's rack...

But I couldn't find one.

 

yes I do, fat unkempt young girl/doll loving Michael

 

Yeah... exactly.


crankyelbow... do you by any chance like Tori Amos?

 

I'm afraid of Tori Amos.

 

some of you are pigeon holing intelligence to certain areas of study

 

My pigeon holing is strictly stuck on Tori Amos and my fear of her.

 

You misunderstand what I'm saying...

Getting to know doesn't imply looking deeper. Getting to know means listening... looking deeper is to ask why the words you hear are being chosen.

While you may "know" someone has the capability of being the next einstein, if they now choose to be a dumb blonde - that choice is a part of who they are and cannot be disregarded... hopefully that clears things up

 

"Intelligence" is just a fancy word that people like to throw around while no one can truly pin-point what it actually is. It comes in many, many forms, and no stupid IQ test can measure it.

So... discussing intelligence as something that's raising or lowering is pointless. All we can actually base our data upon is how much knowledge (or information) people are exposed to, how they react to it, how they process it, and how they incorporate it in everyday life.

You can argue that people today are "dumber" because we know that certain things that we do will eventually lead to our destruction, yet we still do them.

Yet, you can also argue that people are "smarter" since there has been a tremendous social progress in health, education, tolerance, and so on.

It's a very silly topic to begin with.

 

I drop my poo in the water and it flows away. I wouldn't mind spraying some disinfectant or something... and if I took a shit on the floor, sure I'd wipe it up.

 

Did you not say they are very pretty and smart, but choose to follow the "dumb blonde" image?

I didn't say they choose their physical features... but they do choose their image.

 

Intelligence is the ability to think... simply put. It does not imply good or bad, just an ability to compute.

It cannot be confused with knowledge... anyone can know anything... but not anyone can grasp a concept insantly.

In America, the ability to compute is not the forefront of our educational system, nor is it the goal of parents to teach their kids such a thing... the focus is on learning what you are told, gaining knowledge - not intelligence.

 

How can you teach intelligence then?

 

Intelligence can't be taught- only harnassed.

 

You don't "teach" it... you can only assist its progression.

Most parents don't explain "why"... and as a result kids learn to not bother digging deeper... and as a result learn to eat what they are fed.

By explaining why, and offering a method of critical thought... you assist intelligence... but you can't go to an intelligence class, its more of a lifestyle.