If Ignorance is Bliss, Why Aren't More People Happy?

skeeter1.

Posted to Etcetera on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 06:44:43 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

There's been plenty of discussion about the topic in the past, but maybe it's worth reexamining.  

There's plenty to suggest that the dumbing-down of Americans is showing no signs of letting up.  My grandparents (turn of the last century) were plenty smart with 8th-grade educations, and my parents (1920s) did pretty well with high school diplomas.

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