Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for January 19, 2024

Hack into the Fox broadcast and play NPR and PBS? Minds poof blown!

End grade inflation. Start grading on a strict curve and restore SAT and ACT scores as the primary qualification criteria for college admission.

Eh but what is problem here? Let em aliens goes and eats em stoopid peoples. Good riddance eh.

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” – George Carlin

It looks like there’s going to be a feast for a while.

Maybe shoot all politicians and radical religious people (or people trying to convert others) to Mars. The aliens will follow them.

If we can somehow convince them they’re even more stupid than we are, they’ll consume each other instead of us.

Teach civics in schools. Encourage more exchange programs so kids learn about other countries. Teach people fundamentals around finances. Provide at least a foundation in logic and critical thinking.

Let’s see….. if A ⇒ B and B ⇒ C, then….. where did all these stinking arrows come from?!

If the aliens eat the stupidity particles, won’t Earthlings get smarter?

Realize that if learning history doesn’t occasionally shock, shame, and anger you then you either have no empathy or you’re not learning enough.

Plan 9 From Outer Space might work better… ☺

Just remember that fully half the population is below average. It’s how a bell curve works.

It should be possible to “fix stupid.” It would definitely be worth trying.

Houston we have a problem – and no one to solve it, or even aware of it.

Wonder how those clutching their pearls over X would fare…

that one won’t work either

There has always been a distribution of intelligence (different kinds of intelligence) across the population. In a meritocracy, a person rises based on how well their form of intelligence matches their chosen career.

Only a fraction of intelligence is to due to genes of the parents. Many genes are involved in intelligence and no assumptions can be made offhand about children’s potential based on the parents’ intelligence.

Make republicans stop lying.

The only way we can do that is to teach people critical thinking skills in school. That means learning the difference between facts and opinions, between healthy skepticism (no blind faith) and refusing to listen to the experts. We can start with the scientific method, and I assure you it doesn’t begin, “I’ve done my own research after listening to politicians and news pundits.”

They look like giant green Cheetos® Puffs.

Each individual is responsible for his or her own education, and the level of research that they choose to do. I will not malign any for the political, religious/spiritual, philosophical or cultural views that they choose in this forum. I will not assume that you are an idiot, imbecile or moron just because I don’t agree with you.

For example, if the choice is to row or to wade, then row makes the most sense, because it is the higher path. You don’t know how deep you will wade.