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miriam_eAmazing! Just heard some news headlines and the things that the stupid mainstream media consider most important are the horses in the Melbourne Cup, a luxury boat catching fire, and someone stealing another boat.
No mention of the recent research showing that marriage and religion paradoxically worsen your chances of getting sexually transmitted diseases, and places with many sexual partners are safest.
No mention that NASA has decided to send another mission to the Hubble Space Telescope to do another repair job and further extend its lifetime.
No mention that SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) may be linked to some brain abnormalities.
And I wonder... we are the smartest generations in history, so why do the media treat us as morons?
No mention of the recent research showing that marriage and religion paradoxically worsen your chances of getting sexually transmitted diseases, and places with many sexual partners are safest.
No mention that NASA has decided to send another mission to the Hubble Space Telescope to do another repair job and further extend its lifetime.
No mention that SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) may be linked to some brain abnormalities.
And I wonder... we are the smartest generations in history, so why do the media treat us as morons?
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Elementary my dear Mieiam
Date: 2006-11-13 02:20 am (UTC)You found out about this from the media, right?
There's yer problem right there.
Re: Elementary my dear Mieiam
Date: 2006-11-15 10:22 pm (UTC)No. It even has a name... which I've forgotten just now... named after the guy who accidentally discovered that each generation is smarter than the one preceding it. For a while it was thought to be due to nutritional improvements, but it turns out to operate even in places where nutrition is poor and has been for generations.
My feeling is that it is simply that the memes which are the basis for our minds become more complex with each generation as they are handed down, amended, added to, and cross-fertilised. And as countless experiments have shown: stimulate the mind and the brain's wiring grows to greater complexity.