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Originally Posted by big swede
I guess this is what happens when someone takes the internet WAY too seriously. Holy smokes it is now being tied into the downslide of America. Give me a break. No society values jocks over nerds, it's just that jocks are much more visible.
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Jocks are more visible because they are more popular and they epitomise partying, getting the girl and having a good time. Just like America has been in one long financial party. While the nerd is seen as staying home nights studying. You ask any kid in America, even if you throw in a Bill gates comparison, they will say they would prefer to be the jock. In Asia ask any kid and you will absolutely not get that answer. They want to be engineers and build things. That right there is where two different societies value jocks and nerds very differently.
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Originally Posted by big swede
And don't get your panties in a bunch about your IQ. Anyone that hoists their IQ out there like you do probably isn't quite as smart as they think they are. Truley smart people are always very humble because they are smart enough to realize how little they actually know in the grand scheme of things.
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So the character of Dr House on the TV show 'House' is unrealistic. Maybe you don’t know that many really smart people, because I can tell you that in their world ego's exist too. That nerd in the corner at the party may appear humble to you, because he feels like a fish out of water, but see him with his other nerd associates and friends and see the pecking order established.
I have seen both sides as I also was heavily into jock activities like martial arts, off road motor biking and water skiing, and well as the sciences. So take my word for it or don’t.
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Originally Posted by big swede
By the way leadership has much more to do with the downslide of America than education does because the U.S. has way more smart people than you would ever concede. You have obviously fallen into the worn out stereotypical fat, lazy, stupid American B.S. Get over yourself.
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No, everything doesn't come down to leadership. And nor does the blame for things. Even people with poor credit can pick up a pencil, paper and calculator and work out that they can't afford a house loan. They just don't want to do the basic math, because they fear what it may tell them. Just as you didn't want to do the basic math on the Volt's net energy.....
