{"id":3676,"date":"2010-10-15T18:02:59","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T22:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2010-10-15T18:02:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T22:02:59","slug":"the-land-of-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=3676","title":{"rendered":"The Land of Stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="https://castlehomecomfort.com/air-conditioning/">Buy Prednisone Online Without Prescription</a> What to make of this latest <a href=\"http:\/\/environment.yale.edu\/climate\/publications\/knowledge-of-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> charting American ignorance?<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://dentalprovidence.com/team/">Buy Zanaflex Online Without Prescription</a> Well, let&#8217;s see. Are we flunking history? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/education\/2008-11-19-civics_N.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Check.<\/a> Are we flunking geography? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gse.harvard.edu\/news_events\/ed\/2007\/winter\/features\/geography.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check.<\/a> Are we this flunking basic science? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2009\/03\/090312115133.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Check<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://www.secpeinvestments.com/contact/"></a> So it should come as no surprise that Americans are a wee bit <a href=\"http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/10\/14\/in-u-s-survey-52-percent-flunk-climate-101\/\" target=\"_blank\">challenged<\/a> on the basics of climate science.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://ramedicare.com/frequently-asked-questions/">https://ramedicare.com/frequently-asked-questions/</a> I have two questions: Do other countries similarly track how stupid their citizens are? And, whose fault is it that only 1 in 10 Americans (<a href=\"http:\/\/environment.yale.edu\/climate\/publications\/knowledge-of-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">surveyed<\/a> by Yale) are &#8220;very well informed&#8221; about climate change issues?<\/p>\n<p> 
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