Why are Americans so unintelligent?
116419
Compared to whom, Nathan?  Add a comparative statement in your question, because compared to most of the world, we're geniuses.  However, if you are referring to our educational test scores, I would agree that there are other nations that do better. That is the price we pay for freedom.  Some of our citizens have the choice not to have the same work-ethic/education-ethic as others in our country, and our scores go down.  Add that more immigrants come to our country from more nations than any other country, many of them not speaking a word of American or English and our scores go even further down.  In addition, our insistence on freedom of speech means that we are used to people speaking even before they think, because they aren't scared of people censoring them or acting like they are stupid due to a single statement.  We know we can ask a question and they'll make themselves clearer.  In some advanced countries if you say the wrong thing, you are labeled a fool and anything intelligent or valuable you might say is ignored from then on.  Americans are used to sifting through piles of garbage to get at the truth, and everyone gets multiple tries, so we just keep getting better.  Oh, one more thing:\n\nYou just insulted two continents: South America and North America, which includes the larger countries of U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, etc.  Do you want to rephrase your question?
462655
Beacause Americans are too lazy to learn something interesting in a classroom and are always playing video games all day long and watching too much garbage on TV!!!! I for one was born here in the U.S. know what part of the world a country is located and I'm bilingual so that makes me smarter than the one-dimensional, one language American that wants to be ignorant and dumb. Most Americans don't even know how to read a gas gauge on a car when it runs out empty on them.
355330
Americans seem to be less educated than those from other developed countries in the world.\n\nI could go on and on but frankly, Americans can stand to learn a lot more about everything, including Canada.
402525
Only less americans are SMART
324049
because Americans are lazy and ungrateful what they have
344535
coz america is a stupid country.
398057
because most americans are stupid and cant see past the end of there noses..
20828
Because Americans are poorly educated when it comes to cultural matters
134406
I don't think all Americans are like that, but certainly many are.  Our public education system leaves a great deal to be desired, especially the last 30 years or so.  And the media's influence on everyday life in America has become so pervasive that it threatens to completely choke off any possibility of real rational thought.\n\nBut there are those who do think for themselves.  There are many Americans who care deeply about this nation and want it to continue to be a place where the freedoms our ancestors fought and died to earn will still live and breathe.  It's a shame that so many ignorant Americans don't understand what they risk when they just go along with what someone says--especially when it involves trading your freedoms for anything.
689289
most americans like everyone else in the world have the tendency to stereotype and judge without enough information, sure there are those with good hearts and working brains, but sadly they are most of the time overshadowed by ignorant and arogant ones, i don't believe in communism, but this doesn't mean i have to fight everyone else with different belief than mine, and doesn't necessarily mean i'm right and they are wrong in the 1st place !! God when will this world grow up a little!
693566
The problem here is people can't think outside of the box. Americans just love to segregate, and pretend we're the cream of the crop. People forget we're all in this world together, no country is better than another country, we're just all people populating the world.
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I think a lot of it stems from the American educational system. People who've gone to school in the US usually have zero knowledge of almost anything about the rest of the world.  I don't mean to say that Americans are stupid or ignorant; but it's really frustrating to the rest of the world to see Americans who don't have a passport, have no desire to experience another culture, and couldn't tell you where Sweden is in Europe (let alone anywhere in Africa or Asia). It makes the rest of the world feel like Americans are totally oblivious couldn't care less about everyone else on the planet.
1064601
Because Americans are stubborn.
956846
They're not less intelligent that the rest of the world, it's just that a lot of American people don't care about the rest of the world and know nothing about it, and this is why a lot of people say they're stupid. But I think they are just unaware of the world around them, and it's not a cliché, I say it because I've spoken to a lot of American people who ddidn't even know for example when Iraq is, when they've been on war with this country for more than three years.\n\nSomething else typical of American people is that most of them don't speak any foreign language and expect everybody, everywhere they go, to speak English. And although it's true that everywhere you go you'll find easily people who speak English, it's still better to speak the local language, people will find you more friendly and will be more friendly to you.\n\nBut this all doesn't make American people less intelligent than the others, I think they just need to open up.
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Others inability to use common sense.
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You'll find it's mostly Americans who can't spell. Our educational system has gone down the crapper. As far as that goes our society as a whole is quickly turning into mush. It's a scary thought that these people will someday be running our country. Both the parents and the teachers simply don't care enough to make sure our kids learn how to do anything. I think the spelling talents are just the tip of the iceberg. It's just the most obvious. \nThe parents don't care. So the kids don't care. They say things like, "why do I need to know how to spell?" "You knew what I meant!". "It's never bothered me, why should it bother you?". It's not only pitiful but it's sad. America, the land of the free blithering idiots.\n.
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America prides herself on being open to new ideas and to letting people speak instead of just closing our ears and eyes. Stupid ignorant people are afraid of the opposing point of view, smart and thinking people weigh both sides of the issue before supporting their choice.