freakinacage
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sorry to the american guys here but this is soooo funny
more american genius
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funnymouth
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no need to apologize. you guys have a good laugh. its not as funny when you live with it.
darthfoley
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Meh, Jay Leno\'s been doing the same bit for years. Nothing new here. 
funnymouth
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very true.
and, as has been pointed out in numerous similar threads, i dont think it is actually representative of the average american. im sure i could make citizens of any country look like idiots by conducting street interviews and editing cleverly. in fact, ill go out on a limb here, and say that these very forums contain a fairly representative group of americans. we\'re not so bad.
and, as has been pointed out in numerous similar threads, i dont think it is actually representative of the average american. im sure i could make citizens of any country look like idiots by conducting street interviews and editing cleverly. in fact, ill go out on a limb here, and say that these very forums contain a fairly representative group of americans. we\'re not so bad.
Avelorn
Sven Jonsson
To even it out just a little bit: here you go
wel it may be edited cleverly but there is some realy stupid stuff in that clip, i couldnt believe that people actually fell for the map thing when they r asked to stick the little flags in...i\'m wondering what they teach in schools there?...not dissing on americans in general ofcourse but damn i wouldn\'t last a day with all those retards around me
Bengoodall
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Ive seen a guy under the influence park a 1 tonne ute sideways in a car wash before.
That was pretty good.
Stupid drunk ass kiwi bogan in a ford ute,and not one of those horrible american things, a proper ute.
I think they had to take the glass sides out to get him out, cause the ute fit perfectly side to side, so lord knows how he got it in there.
That was pretty good.
Stupid drunk ass kiwi bogan in a ford ute,and not one of those horrible american things, a proper ute.
I think they had to take the glass sides out to get him out, cause the ute fit perfectly side to side, so lord knows how he got it in there.
vincegamer
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avelorn, that was hilariouslol
I only watched a few minutes of this, kinda amusing, but nothing I haven\'t seen before, even with people from England believe it or not!
Is it bad that, despite her not being overly attractive and also wearing what looks to be a tie died t-shirt, I find the blonde girl (who can\'t think of a country beginning with U) much more appealing because of her dumbness? lol
Is it bad that, despite her not being overly attractive and also wearing what looks to be a tie died t-shirt, I find the blonde girl (who can\'t think of a country beginning with U) much more appealing because of her dumbness? lol
Reminds me of the phrase:
\" Our brave men and women stationned around the world, in places which name they can\'t pronounce and that the average american can\'t find on map.\"
And all of them vote, that\'s why democracy doesn\'t work
Of course it\'s edited to make people look dumber, but it still seems fairly easy to find stupid people in the steets of american cities, maybe it\'s true in Canada too, I never tried it, but I don\'t know anobody that is so stupid in my own life...
\" Our brave men and women stationned around the world, in places which name they can\'t pronounce and that the average american can\'t find on map.\"
And all of them vote, that\'s why democracy doesn\'t work
Of course it\'s edited to make people look dumber, but it still seems fairly easy to find stupid people in the steets of american cities, maybe it\'s true in Canada too, I never tried it, but I don\'t know anobody that is so stupid in my own life...
You can think whatever you want if it makes you feel better but... only 10% of average americans were able to explaine what radiation is (and we keep hearing about dirty bombs almost every day); 45% of average americans were not sure whether tomatoes have genes; 20% of average americans still believe that Sun rotates around the Earth; only 20 % could explain what laser is; 13 % could define \"molecule\"
The list goes on and on and on. Whoever interested most of these numbers are from Jon (not John) Miller\'s work. He is doing this for the last 20 years and not only in US.
To those who think that their favorite country fares much better, well unfortunately, most likely it doesn\'t. In many respects it might do even worse.
For exmaple, from the same guy.
\"14 percent of US adults think that the Earth rotates around the Sun once each day
(see Figure 2). A comparative study with Britain in 1988 found that only one-third of British adults understood that the Earth rotates around the Sun once each year\"
Well, I\'ve traveled around the world extensively, and have come to find that there are idiots everywhere.
However, the problem here is that we are judging others intelligence by the ability to regurgitate facts that most of them have not even looked at since high school. Question them in their chosen field and I\'d bet we\'d see more intelligent answers. (Just as I\'m sure many of us that have been out of college for some time would have trouble with trigonometry or calculus problems. Just because you needed it once, does not mean you retain it in the real world.)
Ignorance of a subject does not automatically mean someone is unintelligent.
Knowledge does not automatically make someone intelligent.
I\'ve met quite a few brilliant Physicists who are complete morons on anything outside of physics.
However, the problem here is that we are judging others intelligence by the ability to regurgitate facts that most of them have not even looked at since high school. Question them in their chosen field and I\'d bet we\'d see more intelligent answers. (Just as I\'m sure many of us that have been out of college for some time would have trouble with trigonometry or calculus problems. Just because you needed it once, does not mean you retain it in the real world.)
Ignorance of a subject does not automatically mean someone is unintelligent.
Knowledge does not automatically make someone intelligent.
I\'ve met quite a few brilliant Physicists who are complete morons on anything outside of physics.
Well can\'t answer both those question. I wouldn\'t expect most people to be able to answer them.
To answer the first one you\'d have to be quit knowledgable in physiques, and to answer the second one you\'d have to be studying biology or be a biologist.
And Physiques and Biologie were to of my main subjects in highschool, and I passed with pretty good grades. I\'m pretty sure at one point I could have given a rougth definiton of a molecule. And as I did some light physique, I have a rougth Idea of what a laser is, but nowhere near enougth to explain scientificly what it is. Quit franckly I don\'t really see how these questions are relevant.
The sun one is a bit scary though, I\'d still like too see how they are asked and how the people are picked out. And I hope the question would be a bit more precise then that. Because there is nothing wrong in saying that the sun turns around the earth, just a question of referencial.
I would tend to agree with Evil dave. But I think it can be agrees on that there is a Minimum General culture requirement that should be attained by everyone. People not knowing what E=MC^2 is all about don\'t bother me. Those who don\'t know who you are talking about when you say galileo, Newton, or Giordano Bruno leave me a bit more perplex.
Gilvan Blight
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See similar things here, \"Talking to Americans\" would be the Candian verions of this.
The funniest one ever is when they were going around talking about President Tim Horton. Still makes me laugh thinking about it.
I\'m pretty sure the main thing is that most people don\'t care about things that aren\'t immediate in their life so don\'t know the answers to such questions. <insert country here> has a bad memory would be a better title of these clips, as they are not any indication of intelligence (or lack thereof)
There\'s enough stuff I learned over the years I would be hard pressed to remember at a moments notice, especially with a mic in my face.
The funniest one ever is when they were going around talking about President Tim Horton. Still makes me laugh thinking about it.
I\'m pretty sure the main thing is that most people don\'t care about things that aren\'t immediate in their life so don\'t know the answers to such questions. <insert country here> has a bad memory would be a better title of these clips, as they are not any indication of intelligence (or lack thereof)
There\'s enough stuff I learned over the years I would be hard pressed to remember at a moments notice, especially with a mic in my face.
Well, there is some range in the questions...
not being able to define molecule is one thing, the sun revolving around the earth is another story.. just imagine how gullible someone who still think the earth is the center of the universe would be when it comes to politics or moral matters, that\'s scary I think.
And pointing Australia on a map and saying it\'s Iran just cause someone written Iran, looking all proud of yourself cause you\'re able to read... If that\'s not stupidity, I don\'t know what is.
Intelligence is by definition the ability to learn matters and being able to recall it when needed, even if it\'s been a long time.
Being able to remember the stuff they fed you at school is a proof that you keep your brain in good shape and is a proof of intelligence. When you don\'t use your brain or memory over long periods, you loose the ability to remember, you don\'t forget..
The people in this video show severe inability to remember matters, think for themself and probably perform any other mental process than the operations and paperwork they\'re required to do in their job, this is a clear sign of unintelligence.
Wherever they come from, they\'re the result of the same problems in society, the devaluation of mental exercise prominently.
