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I assure you that there are stupid people outside of America. In fact, the majority of stupid human beings are not American.

by influx 12y ago

egor598 12y ago
Of course the majority of stupid people will be outside of America (statistically speaking), the world is huge, you stupid :-), in comparison with your 'Murica! But I am inclined to believe that the ratio of stupid people in 'murica might as well be higher than in the rest of the world.
- sfeng 12y ago
  > you stupid :-) Obviously he was making the exact same point you are, but because he makes it with some subtlety, he's the dumb one? In any case, there's no real evidence that Americans are significantly less smart than members of any other country: http://www.photius.com/rankings/national_iq_scores_country_ranks.html http://www.photius.com/rankings/national_iq_scores_country_r... All countries are made up of people, and all people are basically the same.
  - egor598 12y ago
    No he wasn't (who can justify this "the majority of stupid human beings are not American", that's just plain fucking stupid and wrong. And there were no subtlety, unless calling most of the people outside of 'murica stupid is considered oh, so fucking subtle. And I never intended to say that Americans were less smart than members of any other country...
- adventured 12y ago
  I wonder if HN would benefit from adding an autoflag to "'murica." I've very rarely seen it used for anything other than particularly ignorant insults or otherwise negative value comments.
- Crito 12y ago
  > "[snip] than in the rest of the world." Considering the role of environment on intelligence, I would consider that to be extremely unlikely. If you restricted your statement to "other developed nations", that might be a bit more plausible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_and_intelligence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_and_intelligence
astrodust 12y ago
American drivers are bad, some especially bad, but none of them are as outrageously bad as you get in countries like Saudi Arabia.

I assure you that there are stupid people outside of America. In fact, the majority of stupid human beings are not American.

by influx 12y ago

I assure you that there are stupid people outside of America. In fact, the majority of stupid human beings are not American.

egor598 12y ago

Of course the majority of stupid people will be outside of America (statistically speaking), the world is huge, you stupid :-), in comparison with your 'Murica! But I am inclined to believe that the ratio of stupid people in 'murica might as well be higher than in the rest of the world.

sfeng 12y ago
> you stupid :-) Obviously he was making the exact same point you are, but because he makes it with some subtlety, he's the dumb one? In any case, there's no real evidence that Americans are significantly less smart than members of any other country: http://www.photius.com/rankings/national_iq_scores_country_ranks.html http://www.photius.com/rankings/national_iq_scores_country_r... All countries are made up of people, and all people are basically the same.
- egor598 12y ago
  No he wasn't (who can justify this "the majority of stupid human beings are not American", that's just plain fucking stupid and wrong. And there were no subtlety, unless calling most of the people outside of 'murica stupid is considered oh, so fucking subtle. And I never intended to say that Americans were less smart than members of any other country...
adventured 12y ago
I wonder if HN would benefit from adding an autoflag to "'murica." I've very rarely seen it used for anything other than particularly ignorant insults or otherwise negative value comments.
Crito 12y ago
> "[snip] than in the rest of the world." Considering the role of environment on intelligence, I would consider that to be extremely unlikely. If you restricted your statement to "other developed nations", that might be a bit more plausible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_and_intelligence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_and_intelligence

astrodust 12y ago

American drivers are bad, some especially bad, but none of them are as outrageously bad as you get in countries like Saudi Arabia.