hmmm. Not sure how I should take this.
I guess I'm too dumb to believe conspiracy theories prima facie.
I actually work with people, college educated people, [otherwise] intelligent people, who will tell me with a straight face that 9/11 was "an inside job" and then list a litany of "proofs" that is interrupted only by my leaving the cubicle.
If the government actually made a conscious effort to ‘dumb down’ the population via the educational system, we would all be geniuses.
Check out the book I spoke about. It's a real eye opener. Her arguments are fully supported by gubmint documents going back to the 1930's, released through the FOIA, along with supporting news stories. I'm no conspiracy theorist, either. I'm a product of gubmint skools and do hold two advanced engineering degrees. However, I'm stunned at the number of functionally illiterate people I encounter almost every single day, most of which are 10-15 years younger than I. By my observation, the level of education I'm seeing coming out of publik skools in my area has dropped dramatically since I graduated high school in 1981. (and no, I don't think 9/11 was an inside job)......