Darn that Cecil Adams and his tireless work at restating the obvious! "[...] In the recent indicators of national intelligence I can find--eighth-grade math scores and what all--southern Appalachian states aren't conspicuously clustered at the bottom. On the contrary, notwithstanding the blue-state-smart-red-state-dumb malarkey you sometimes hear, I'd say stupidity in our society is pretty uniformly spread around."
Of course, the original questioner is from Canada, so he probably thinks he's safe. Despite not knowing his geography, and being silly enough to demonstrate it.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at October 28, 2005 11:16 AMOK then, Mr. Smarty Britches, explain Crimson Tide fans. There are a lot more available for study now that they don't suck (as much).
Posted by: skillzy at October 28, 2005 12:56 PMI wish I could, but I don't think even Cecil Adams could figure them out.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at October 28, 2005 01:06 PMA lot of the so called "inbreeding" occurred (occurs?) because people were geographically isolated. My home town was nearly inaccessable until the 1920s. The same phenomena exists in many European countries where people live in remote villages.
As far as stupid, I have lived in several states and couple of foreign countries and I have to agree that it is pretty universally distributed.
Posted by: Larry Anderson at October 28, 2005 01:16 PM