Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss

what i've learned living amongst the brainwashed -- part XII

0 views
Skip to first unread message

$Zero

unread,
Jul 14, 2009, 10:03:36 PM7/14/09
to
what i've learned living amongst the brainwashed -- part XII

strangely, in advanced societies, the percentage of people amongst the
general population with critical thinking abilities is inversely
proportional to the overall standard of living.

-$Zero...

what i've learned living amongst the brainwashed -- part XI
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/010e7cc2f5b8234a

Grand Mal

unread,
Jul 14, 2009, 10:46:48 PM7/14/09
to

"$Zero" <zero...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:51ea8120-e012-457d...@p36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com...

Do you know where the highest standard of living is?


Grand Mal

unread,
Jul 14, 2009, 10:48:52 PM7/14/09
to

"Grand Mal" <iron...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:sqb7m.36422$PH1.11656@edtnps82...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index


danger...@gmail.com

unread,
Jul 15, 2009, 2:10:20 AM7/15/09
to
On Jul 14, 7:03 pm, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> what i've learned living amongst the brainwashed -- part XII
>
> strangely, in advanced societies, the percentage of people amongst the
> general population with critical thinking abilities is inversely
> proportional to the overall standard of living.

Why do you think this?

DB


Arindam Banerjee

unread,
Jul 15, 2009, 8:30:29 AM7/15/09
to

"$Zero" <zero...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:51ea8120-e012-457d...@p36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com...

Proof: Kath and Kim.


$Zero

unread,
Jul 15, 2009, 10:50:49 AM7/15/09
to
On Jul 15, 2:10 am, "dangerousb...@gmail.com"

decades of observation.

-$Zero...

$30 Lottery Tickets!
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/1c477cb50ffa6412

Piet de Arcilla

unread,
Jul 15, 2009, 11:37:30 AM7/15/09
to
On Jul 14, 10:03 pm, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> what i've learned living amongst the brainwashed -- part XII
>
> strangely, in advanced societies, the percentage of people amongst the
> general population with critical thinking abilities is inversely
> proportional to the overall standard of living.

But the overall standard of living doesn't vary much between "advanced
societies". It varies mostly between advanced societies and not-so-
advanced societies.

Mark

unread,
Jul 15, 2009, 3:47:34 PM7/15/09
to
On Jul 15, 10:50 am, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > strangely, in advanced societies, the percentage of people amongst the
> > > general population with critical thinking abilities is inversely
> > > proportional to the overall standard of living.
>
> > Why do you think this?
>
> decades of observation.

From a padded cell?

0 new messages