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Originally Posted by Tigairius
Many Americans are marked by a lack of intellectual acuity, due to, as you basically said, everything being handed to them on a silver platter. To me, a lack of intellectual acuity is the same thing as stupid and I think the dictionaries would agree. It's not only academic behavior, but also their lack of awareness that makes it blatantly clear to me that the American population is one of the dullest populations of people in the entire planet, especially my generation. This is getting off-topic though... it would be nice if people could actually have their own setting to change the date display, but I'm sure that's probably not going to happen.
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Everywhere in the world has overachievers and underachievers. Granted, percentages vary, but for you to make such an outlandish statement is ridiculous. America still tops the chart for Nobels. We still have the greatest higher institutions, and we still turn out globally the highest amount of theories and advancements per capita. It's easy to notice flaws in anything, including a population because these are common archetypes close to everyone's heart, but
achievements aren't spread to everyone eyes (and unless they are specifically in that field, hardly ever.)
For areas that most of you can hold close to your hearts (ie invention of current technology). Look at Intel and AMD, or Texas Instruments (providing origins for DLP technology). Plasma Displays, LCD Displays, all American invented. First video game, America. First Video Game Console, America. First coin-op, america.
UIUC constantly pushes out technological firsts.
Don't even get me started into science or math (the only millennium problem solved was done so by an American)