In a society that's more intelligent than ever before,why do so many people?
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There is ignorance in every walk of life ...
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This assumes that people were brighter in the past.\n Which they just were not.   Hence, Hitler ; Stalin;Mao;\nKim il Sung.   To name but a few. \n I have found that those who think everyone else is not as smart as themselves, are usualy quite thick and ignorant.\n\n                              Victor
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Intelligence is native to the individual.  Generally we consider intelligence as something that remains constant and knowledge as that which we increase.
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the more you know the better. Knowledge is power. the IQ test are always needing to be adjusted because every generation is getting smarted. you have to stay on top of technology or you will be Left behind
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many people with advanced education think that people in areas like new guinea are smarter and more intelligent then most white people in the world, and that they are more intelligent overall\n\nim reading currently the book guns germs and steel by jarod diamond
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Some people are truly less intelligent than others.  It isn't necessarily their fault, but we weren't all made equal.  Other people just see things from a different perspective than you can see them from.  Still other people appear to be stupid because they have a different value system than you do so that forces them to make a different decision, not necessarily better or worse, depends on their perspective.
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Because more and more people are moving towards a better light and learning individualism.  People are beginning to understand that religions were old governments that were there to govern and supress people from their individualism through fear.  ex:..(God Fearing Christian).  \n\nChurches allow people to express their selves but they limit them in doing so, expecially if they were to follow it "religiously".\n\nPeople are seeing that we, as a "species" must evolve before we crumble.\n\nCameron L also has a great answer.  Very well put!\n\n:)\nPeace
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Because there is not very many smart people out there
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Because most people are stupid and don't think too much.
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It is usually the people that are less intelligent that have to let everyone know how smart they are.
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So everyone doesn't end up spelling and thinking like you.\nWe need to have at least some intelligent people to create new things.
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I think it's a combination among books, Internet, television,knoledge, curiousity ....I think all these things lead to do an intelligent person, but we should not forget the nature, someone is intelligent by nature, but these days it's rarely happened ... hope my answer is nice
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Your question is difficult to answer because it is rather general, and I am not quite sure what you need to know.  \n\nIt's a matter of everyday experience that some people are smarter than others. But how do we measure "smartness"?\nGlobal intellligence is made up of many specific abilities.  It consists of verbal abilities and "hands on" types of abilities.  Very few people are good in all the different abiities measured by an intelligence test for example.  Some people are very very good in just one area, sometimes called a splinter skill, but not in any others.  Some people are "book smart" while others are "common sense smart".\n\nThen we need to consider multiple intelligences theory.  The theory of multiple intelligences was developed in 1983 by Dr. Howard Gardner, professor of education at Harvard University. It suggests that the traditional notion of intelligence, based on I.Q. testing, is far too limited. Instead, Dr. Gardner proposes eight different intelligences to account for a broader range of human potential in children and adults. These intelligences are:\n\n Linguistic intelligence ("word smart"): \n Logical-mathematical intelligence ("number/reasoning smart") \n Spatial intelligence ("picture smart") \n Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence ("body smart") \n Musical intelligence ("music smart") \n Interpersonal intelligence ("people smart") \n Intrapersonal intelligence ("self smart") \n Naturalist intelligence ("nature smart") \n\nI have attached a couple of websites that should help you.
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Actually, I do believe life is more difficult for intelligent people because they realize when their situation really sucks.  Intelligent people are also more likely to ponder the "deeper" and more depressing things in life--death, meaningless of existence, Dubya's reign of terror, etc.  In that sense, they make life more difficult for themselves.  My IQ is 142.
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Do you think that the truly intelligent people are the ones that are not satisfied with the level of learning they have achieved, and are constantly trying to find ways to learn more?  And don't spend their time talking about how much smarter they are than everyone else?  : )
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It seems like a lot of smart people don't have any common sence!
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Doesn't really. A persons IQ is fairly constant, basically almost the same throughout its entire life. It is only our level of education that changes. \nThe more educated people a country has the more productive it becomes. \nEconomy and politics are more or less the same thing nowdays. Without a well-trained work force with a high level of education a country cannot be competitive on the global market.