Chemtrail nuts threaten violence.

[tmetal]

Ah yes, thanks in large part to the internet we now live an age of readily available information. Unfortunately, misinformation is just as easy to get a hold of and pass off as truth or fact.

[VonMessa]

Most and the least.  There must be a happy medium.

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[cpxxx]

I believe that there is a higher percentage of morons than ever before.

Maybe, maybe not. But all too often people who come up with this stuff are highly intelligent, articulate and personable. But completely mad, paranoid or whatever. But mainly they are superficially convincing. Which is enough for many citizens of average intelligence. Because most people in this world do not really think for themselves. They look to other people to make up their minds for them.

That's the problem right there.

[icepac]

And a lack of basic physics knowledge which causes them to rush headlong into stupid theories.

[VonMessa]

Maybe, maybe not. But all too often people who come up with this stuff are highly intelligent, articulate and personable. But completely mad, paranoid or whatever. But mainly they are superficially convincing. Which is enough for many citizens of average intelligence. Because most people in this world do not really think for themselves. They look to other people to make up their minds for them.

That's the problem right there.

I want to sit down and interview these folks sometimes and ask them what it is like to live in perpetual fear.

[Penguin]

And you expose another assumption you have regarding the past that is no doubt fueled by your extensive research into late night TV shows.

Nope, I've met them in person.  Whenever parties and celebrations come to mind, they always express their wonder at how none of us lose any teeth.

-Penguin

[Maverick]

Wow, must have been an amazing population sample to justify a sweeping generalization covering multiple generations.
 

[saggs]

If we measure the number of morons by say, literacy rates, then no, the number of morons is rapidly declining due to increased education.  Furthermore, evolutionary pressures for increased intelligence will weed out those too stupid to reproduce.  Nope, unless a bunch of universities and educational departments just got nuked, we should be approaching a moron free world.

-Penguin

Then there are the people who think they are a lot smarter then they really are...  cough  cough

[Penguin]

Wow, must have been an amazing population sample to justify a sweeping generalization covering multiple generations.
 

I'd say yes.  I'd say that it's around 40, from near-slum to white collar, including both veterans and non-veterans.  There's also the fact that the culture of the US has been tending toward peace rather than violence (e.g., all the domestic violence laws, the decline of boxing and blood sports).

-Penguin

[Maverick]

Your naivete seems to know no bounds. You condemn an entire generation at least 3 times removed from yours as violent then claim that the current one is less so based on anecdotal stories you soaked up. Sorry I don't buy it. Having actually lived with folks from the 30's and a career in Law Enforcement, my empirical actual experience says otherwise. Don't let that stop you from spouting off about your vast knowledge based on less than 20 years on the globe however.

[Penguin]

Your naivete seems to know no bounds. You condemn an entire generation at least 3 times removed from yours as violent then claim that the current one is less so based on anecdotal stories you soaked up. Sorry I don't buy it. Having actually lived with folks from the 30's and a career in Law Enforcement, my empirical actual experience says otherwise. Don't let that stop you from spouting off about your vast knowledge based on less than 20 years on the globe however.

Weird, perhaps my sample was not large enough.  I was pretty darn sure that we were getting less violent, though.

-Penguin

[jimson]

I'd say yes.  I'd say that it's around 40, from near-slum to white collar, including both veterans and non-veterans.  There's also the fact that the culture of the US has been tending toward peace rather than violence (e.g., all the domestic violence laws, the decline of boxing and blood sports).

-Penguin

Really? I don't see it with the violent imagery in video games, TV and cinema and the rise in popularity of "Ultimate Fighting" sports.

I instead see a distinct coarsening of our culture.