Comments | clifty_man: The Moron Demographic

clifty_man

The Moron Demographic

Apr 24, 2010 23:59

I don't know if it strikes everyone the way it strikes me, but I think the music, poetry, play-writing, fiction, and political speech from a century and more ago is much superior to those of today. To me, this indicates that the level of intelligence of people in the level of society where these are produced has gone down significantly. I have ( Read more... )

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clifty_man April 25 2010, 05:46:29 UTC

Right on, sister!

5251962 April 25 2010, 11:19:57 UTC

I have to pretty much echo this, this is also how I feel about it all. It's sad, really.

zoldang April 27 2010, 02:53:19 UTC

The hope is that the Libertarians will be truer, seeing as how the ideology emphasizes reason. Sometimes I think they will, and other times I look at them and see more imposters laying claim to an ideology they do not live up to, for the purpose of duping the voters yet again. I hope that's just me being cynical.

longpost zoldang April 27 2010, 02:59:22 UTC

Blarg! I write up a long response, and when I try to submit it, LJ tells
me "Sorry, but your comment of 10284 characters exceeds the maximum character
length of 4300. Please go back, shorten it, and try posting it again."

Thanks LJ, I'll split it into multiple posts.

There are two separate ideas that are frequently conflated into one theme...

I'll elaborate on these in more detail.

Re: longpost zoldang April 27 2010, 03:21:31 UTC

On the one hand is the idea that society is decaying. This could easily be ( ... )

Re: longpost zoldang April 27 2010, 03:25:53 UTC

On the subject of individual IQ trends, we are dealing with a separate question ( ... )

Re: longpost clifty_man April 27 2010, 04:38:57 UTC

I really appreciate the response. Forgive me if I don't elaborate on that, but I've got something else on my mind right now.