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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Breaking News….America makes you dumb

[–] reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Lmao at all of the nationalists post-hoccing away at shitty explanations as to why the US isn't just a dumb as a brick nation.

[–] kevin2107@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah people don't realize IQ is relative to education. If you cut education you get dumber people on average.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

why the US isn’t just a dumb as a brick nation

The US isn't just a dumb as a brick nation. We're immersed in historic and environmental factors that are engineered to segregate who has access to intellectual capital and who is tracked into jobs that discourage free thinking.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Manga authors "write that down write that down!"

[–] matdave@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

'My twin Sister from another country couldn't be this dumb???!"

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Was the one raised in the U.S. around lead at some point?

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[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Look at what Americans consume. There's your answer.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah, totally not the concussions.

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

And eating over 50 years of toxic waste and massive amounts of sugars and fats has zero effect or course.

[–] 000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Is this a typical quality of upvoted articles on science@lemmy.world?

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