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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 05:21 PM

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Now I Understand Why People Believe What They Hear on Fox News…. [View all] highplainsdem Oct 2013 OP

k&r... spanone Oct 2013 #1

Golden retrievers with smartphones lpbk2713 Oct 2013 #2

...golden retrievers with smartphones Whisp Oct 2013 #3

way too much pride in ignorance in this country nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #4

Individuals are shockingly stupid Warpy Oct 2013 #5

The point, I guess, of the film "Idiocracy" dougolat Oct 2013 #6

The Idiocracy is the Singularity. Yeah... freshwest Oct 2013 #7

I also read a study that showed Dpm12 Oct 2013 #8

I have lots of wonderful friends here but I'm not sure I can take it anymore. BlueJazz Oct 2013 #9

it's a gift with some people napkinz Oct 2013 #13

That is the first thing I thought of with this yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #21

Most of us on/at DU are friends with fairly intelligent people. We tend to forget that there is.. BlueJazz Oct 2013 #24

I learn something new here every day... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #25

Plus Fox News is on in lots of businesses Qutzupalotl Oct 2013 #10

That's very true. dmr Oct 2013 #14

I guess she never heard about this lawsuit: Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #34

How could any American not know where Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #11

It could be worst Snake Plissken Oct 2013 #16

love it tomm2thumbs Oct 2013 #20

And that tells you why the GOP can't stand "intellectuals" or decent public education. n/t Triana Oct 2013 #12

That's why they are one of the first to be targeted for execution in totalitarian take overs. ErikJ Oct 2013 #28

Are people deliberately pretending to be stupid for pollsters? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #15

Not Faux answers at all. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #23

Probably not GP6971 Oct 2013 #27

I guess "Idiocracy" really is a documentary after all. Brigid Oct 2013 #17

Miss Teen South Carolina was right about the US's crippling shortage of maps! FSogol Oct 2013 #18

20% of Americans believe the Sun revolves around the Earth tomm2thumbs Oct 2013 #19

omg! Where does that leave the MOON??? yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #22

! LukeFL Oct 2013 #30

you mean that big round hunk of cheese? tomm2thumbs Oct 2013 #32

Yes everyone knows yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #33

Revolving around the Earth with the rest of the Universe. JoeyT Oct 2013 #41

Also, we were brought up watching our parents watch the news, read the papers elehhhhna Oct 2013 #26

Wow! LukeFL Oct 2013 #29

I always found the sellers of mental Kool-Aid made emotional Cleita Oct 2013 #31

I wonder how many people just answer the questions falsely even though they know the answer Victor_c3 Oct 2013 #35

Yeah, I would think I was being pranked if I was questioned like that. MindPilot Oct 2013 #37

I always wonder the same thing. JoeyT Oct 2013 #42

As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the MarchemintotheSea Oct 2013 #36

I like money RandiFan1290 Oct 2013 #38

How Pubs, Teahadists and Conservatives see President Obama MarchemintotheSea Oct 2013 #39

When I was a junior in high school in the mid-1960s Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #40

"My working thesis is" - stop. RadiationTherapy Oct 2013 #43

Is it a coincidence... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #44