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>Up to 28% of Americans believe the moon landing was faked.
>18% believe that the Earth is the centre of the universe.
>1/3 believe in the existence of ghosts.
>1/3 of Texans believe that dinosaurs and humans co-existed.
>51% (that's over half, in a country of >300M that claims to have the most prestigious higher education institutions in the world) believe in creationism.
>10% blame environmentalists for the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
>80% believe that aliens are visiting the earth.
>Finally, over half say that Fox News is the most trustworthy news source in America.

Why is such a rich country also such an ignorant country?

>> No.4911669

>18% believe that the Earth is the centre of the universe.
In their defense, we don't know if the universe has "edges" so it might be that it does have a center, which might possibly be Earth.

>Why is such a rich country also such an ignorant country?
Keep the masses ignorant so they can be better controlled. The majority of the resources are being funneled to a very small minority of Americans, which are the ones giving the country all of its power.

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4911671

American's don't have beliefs. They just repeat what they have heard because its easy.

>> No.4911673

>rich
No

And because our schools are shit. I blame the agriculture and manufacturing industries.

>> No.4911674

>>4911666
Where did you get your statistics?

>> No.4911676

complacency

>> No.4911684

Technically, we are by definition the centre of the observable universe.

>> No.4911689

>Christianity

Providing morons with complacency in ignorance for over 2000 years.

>> No.4911694

>>4911666
Because it's easy to be lazy.

For most people, you have to work at it to be smart. And for those that don't, they work at it anyway because it's easy.

Who cares if they're stupid. What matters is that you are not.

>> No.4911698

>>4911666
can i get some sources? i bought the first few but
>80 % believe aliens are visiting earth
>half think fox news is a reliable source
killed it.

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4911703

>Why is such a rich country also such an ignorant country?

People in a rich country can afford to be stupid. In a poor country stupidity will cost you your life.

1. Get rich
2. Get Stupid
2.5 Get Feminism (pic refers).
3. Get poor.

The US is at 2.5.

>> No.4911711

>>4911684
Of course, but that is not the same thing as being the absolute centre of the universe.

>> No.4911712

>>4911698
http://www.bspcn.com/2010/08/20/the-9-stupidest-things-americans-believe/

>> No.4911722

>>4911712
good source, retard.

>> No.4911737

>>4911722
That website isn't the source. It quotes other sources from surveys and gives links. If you bothered to spend 5 seconds actually going to the site, you'd realize that.

>> No.4911747

>>4911737
i did. the sources it cites are also shit, most of them lead to dead ends that offer no more information than the original article.

>> No.4911756

>>4911747
>Look at me guys I can't into polls

>> No.4911757

>Why is such a rich country also such an ignorant country?

You just answered yourself