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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
No, that's not the conclusion of this article by a known ER.org contributor, from his own interesting site. I thought it was a good article and I agree with him. People aren't dumb at all, but they are apathetic (or ignorant by their own actions). The question is why?
It's often very apparent when people talk politics and personal finance for examples. There certainly aren't simple "right answers" in these areas, but the positions some people take show how little command of the facts/data they have.
It's often very apparent when people talk politics and personal finance for examples. There certainly aren't simple "right answers" in these areas, but the positions some people take show how little command of the facts/data they have.
» Musings on postmodernism, ignorance, and my answer to “Do you really believe people are dumb?” Early Retirement Extreme: — written by Jacob Lund Fisker, FreelancerI actually believe that people act fairly intelligently on what they know.
The problem as I see it know is that “most people actually don’t know that much”.