Ignorance Is Only Bliss For the Ignorant

Ah, ignorance strikes again and again! You'd think this kind of ignorance would be gone, but alas...

Some people believe that the earth is flat. No kidding. The Flat Earther's Society uses pseudoscience to "prove" it. (I can't help wondering, though... is it true idiocy, or is it subtle satire?... I'd like to believe that people aren't quite so stupid. In any case, I recommend the site, it's very interesting.)

Education is going down the drain in the USA. Other countries do way better than we do.

People talk passionately about what they don't understand. Americans have a better understanding of science than people of third world countries, but sometimes the logic is no better. There's nothing wrong with the reading rates, but ignorance runs amok.

The world is full of idiots! Well... I guess that's no surprise. But it makes the world far more irritating.

The education system must be doing something wrong. What is it, exactly? I think that it's a system based on getting students to pass more than it is about learning- that's why this is happening.

But, honestly, what can I do? Force people to listen as I attempt to do CPR on thier brains? For most morons, it's far too late. What we need is an idiot-prevention program. We need a better system of education, for those who don't seek enlightenment on their own.

Ylerecnis,
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