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user-inactivated  ·  3696 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: America dumbs down: a rising tide of anti-intellectual thinking

I'm going to put this more clearly because apparently people think what you said was a refutation of what I said. In the 19th century, people who knew how to read (most) did. In the 21st century, people who know how to read (all) don't. That's what it boils down to.





b_b  ·  3696 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's always a mystery what gets up voted and why.

user-inactivated  ·  3696 days ago  ·  link  ·  

With comments, yeah.

With links, in my opinion we're starting to see the effect that pervades the rest of the internet -- shorter stuff to the top. Damn shame but I guess it doesn't really matter.