America the Stupid?
The decline of the United States has been predicted before, and derision has often been thown our way, both by foreigners confused by the success of America and by our own citizens who hold elitist views and think that calling someone stupid makes them sound smarter (see Michael Moore).
Yet a few recent news stories cast doubt on claims of our idiocy. The Nobel Prizes for medicine, physics and chemistry were announced in the past week and Americans won them all. Not to bad for a country that doesn't know when the Civil War was fought.
Also this week, a British organization released a list of the world's top 100 universities. More success for the stupid Americans, with the United States landing 33 of the top 100 spots, and 7 out of the top ten.
Yet a few recent news stories cast doubt on claims of our idiocy. The Nobel Prizes for medicine, physics and chemistry were announced in the past week and Americans won them all. Not to bad for a country that doesn't know when the Civil War was fought.
Also this week, a British organization released a list of the world's top 100 universities. More success for the stupid Americans, with the United States landing 33 of the top 100 spots, and 7 out of the top ten.
posted by Doug at 5:46 AM
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