Is society becoming more stupid

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Posted by Tractor man on 10/03/2018 10:31:42:

One day David Attenborough will have to explain how the human race became extinct because their mating became unsuccessful due to social media and the fear of being accused of assault.
Off back to my lathe now, rant over…

has no-one else noticed the logical fault here, or is David Attenborough not human?

[Mick B1Participant @mickb1]

Posted by duncan webster on 10/03/2018 16:09:46:

Posted by Tractor man on 10/03/2018 10:31:42:

One day David Attenborough will have to explain how the human race became extinct because their mating became unsuccessful due to social media and the fear of being accused of assault.
Off back to my lathe now, rant over…

has no-one else noticed the logical fault here, or is David Attenborough not human?

Yeah, but hey – life's too short.

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

Nothing is 100%, but some are more stupid than others.

WHY? Variety of reasons. Fear of litigation means fear of going outside one's door, lack of parental motivation / discipline, leading to lack of motivation / interest/stimulation.

My wife somehow seemed to finish up teaching in schools with a less intelligent pupil intake. She said that the day often consisted of animal training with a little light teaching thrown, if you were lucky.

Think that's exaggeration? Some of her colleagues were actually assaulted! A complaint was made that she made "My girl work in the afternoon. She doesn't come to school to work all day". The question that the mother would want her child to become qualified and get a good job was met with a blank stare.

On the other hand, I know of a 15 yo who got extra work, after work experience, because he was better than an existing employee.

A 17 yo from a pretty normal home has received offers from three universities.

An undergraduate who will be able to have a career on the comedy circuit, if all else fails. (Not the first by a long way)

The fear is that the chasm between the "haves" and "have nots" will widen because of their outlook on life.

Swings and roundabouts, horse for courses, and all that.

Howard

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Mick: …….and maybe David Attenborough is immortal!

[Mick B1Participant @mickb1]

Posted by Mike on 10/03/2018 17:10:59:

Mick: …….and maybe David Attenborough is immortal!

Ah, well the programme'll mess up his ratings then – ain't nobody gonna be watchin'.

[vintagengineerParticipant @vintagengineer]

I went to B&Q to buy a small axe and they were all blunt, I enquired as to why they were blunt and was told that if they were sharp someone might injury themselves. How stupid of me not to have thought of that!

[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

Well I don't reckon kids are any more stupid today than they have ever been. Looking at the majority of oldsters in my age group, makes me realise that they are as thick as two short planks.

Andrew.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Ian S C on 10/03/2018 12:49:07:

Kids arn't the only stupid ones, when I was nursing, I had a patient come in after he had chopped the end off a finger with his lawn mower, we sent him off to a larger hospital with the bit of finger, and it was reattached and did well. A few months later he was talking to someone while he was mowing his lawn, and the other person asked him how he managed to chop his finger, Oh that was easy, I just did this, and he stuck his finger under the mower. This time they couldn't reattach the finger. The bloke wasn't really considered to be dumb, I think at on time he was the town mayor among other things.

Ian S C

My dad had a similar story. He a three other engineers shared an office in Malta fitted with an old fashioned metal-bladed ceiling fan. They got to discussing if it was dangerous or not. The famously clever senior man was convinced it was safe. Stood on his desk and proved he was completely wrong by mangling a finger so badly it had to be amputated…

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Can someone tell me how many drug ‘users’ there are these days, compared to a few decades ago? That alone might tell us something. How long did it take to educate people that smoking cigarettes was likely affecting their health? Let’s leave out all those already addicted before the dangers were not known – as many of them are simply ‘lost causes’.

Yes, there are some smart youngsters out there, but there is a large minority that are not so smart. And don’t try telling me that ‘doing drugs’ is clever.

With all the scams going on out there, why do people still get conned? Likely living longer and dementure is catching out more of us!

Soap manufactures climbed on the band wagon back in the 50/60s and now we have a plethora of ‘soap’ operas taking up useful space on the goggle box. Some out there even think that ‘reality programmes’ reflect reality…. whatever next!

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

The thought that there is too much protection from risk isn't new. A quote from a novel by Dick Francis written in 1967:

"Psycology is the death of courage . . . .It is now not considered sensible to take physical risks unless you can't avoid them. Ye gods, there's no quicker way to ruin a nation than to teach its young men it's foolish to take risks. Or worse than foolish they would have you believe."

Russell

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

ndiy, have you read Sherlock Holmes, 19th century Opium dens. Early 20th century, the fashionable smoked herbal cigaretts–marijuana, only in later years to become illeagal. Now the drugs of choice are synthetic, and far worse.

Ian S C

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Yes, some. But I rely on facts, not fiction, for statistics.

Even then, we know there are lies, damn lies and statistics.

[DanielParticipant @daniel]

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