Just imagine how much progress we'd make if every generation wasn't dumber/lazier than the previous! :P
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > Generational bias seems to be a real thing. From the small amount of > research I've done, every generation seems to think the following > generation is dumber/lazier than the one before it - yet we keep > making more and more scientific progress. > > It also happens in reverse. > > On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I would have to take exception to the whole "the younger generation is > > stupid" . Yes, there are a ton of stupid people out there but I don't see > > evidence that the younger generations is any less intelligent than any > > other. Less experienced of course, just not dumber. > > I realize the anecdotal nature but for example, My nephew got a > scholarship > > to go to Georgia Tech for Aerospace engineering. In general, I think they > > are as smart as we ever were. > > > > On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 3:36 PM Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> > wrote: > >> > >> I think we are going backwards in terms of education and motivation, > >> especially in science, in the U.S. If it wasn't for the H1-B program, > we > >> would be a nation of morons. This generation for the most part is a > >> complete waste of human intelligence. > >> > >> Rory > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 1:33 PM > >> To: af@afmug.com > >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Texas board of education vote is critical for > >> conservatives – and US schools > >> > >> I think I've gotten to the point where I believe that the lack of > >> "survival of the fittest" (and sometimes simply the luckiest) is having > a > >> net-negative effect on our species. Except for a very narrow segment of > the > >> population, we are de-evolving. > >> > >> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> > <Coke zero snorts out his nose....> > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- From: Robert Andrews > >> > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 11:46 AM > >> > To: af@afmug.com > >> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Texas board of education vote is critical for > >> > conservatives – and US schools > >> > > >> > > >> > See Chemtrails... > >> > > >> > On 05/24/2016 10:17 AM, Bill Prince wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Wow. Is there some sort of aerially-disbursed drug going around > Texas? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> bp > >> >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > >> >> > >> >> On 5/24/2016 10:09 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> What a fucking moron...heaven help us!!! > >> >>> > >> >>> Texas board of education vote is critical for conservatives – and US > >> >>> schools > >> >>> > >> >>> > http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/24/texas-board-of-educat > >> >>> ion-election-conservatives-public-schools-curriculum > >> >>> > >> >> > >> > >
