Someone suggested that the 49% of us who are above average intelligence should all run away to live in some other, more enlightened place. Sadly, there would then need to be a new curve and the 49% of us who fell below the mean would be the “new idiots”. But we would be intelligent idiots, no? MEDIC!
It is very possible for more than 50% to be below the average in a skewed distribution.
The median, not the average, is the 50% point. The average is merely the sum of the IQs divided by the number of people.
Or, as Dilbert’s boss would put it, “Half the employees have salaries below the median!”
I could go on…
I could give examples…
But I sense that you all are already pretty disgusted with this post and will soon be threatening some sort of action.
People should be clear that although i can see where the cartoonist is coming from, there is a lot of untruth in the wording and the truth is the only constant that will set people free.
Education run by institutions which do not promote self interpretations is for idiots.
No single life created from Mother Earth is born with any negative vibrations. The earth creates every life form with the utmost perfection to sustain its eco system, just a little unfortunate that many humans have detached them self from the eco system.
And i dont think religion should be a respected thing anymore, 2000 plus years about arguing about which institution has the right ethical conduct to live life and they have got no where. people should start listening to the earth in the same way they listen to their bodies.
ADDADADDA said
The recessive gene for idiocy is becoming far too dominate.
Darwin said the idiots would starve or be eaten by sabre toothed tigers, thereby removing themselves from the gene pool. Government says they will feed and protect idiots, thereby increasing them in the gene pool. The 49% may put off reproducing for education and careers. The idiots reproduce at will. If we weren’t idiots we could do the math.
OK, bad man gone again.
Liver - with diced tomatoes and peppers, onions, garlic, sauteed slowly on low heat - magnificent. No catsup needed, openminded ( and NOT to be put in the garbage, coyoty).
“with the exception of an elite few who work slavishly to keep order”
My dear Raddish, what morons don’t seem to understand anymore is that the idiots are now running the asylum. This is why government spending has now outpaced economic growth. Sad really.
This comic really seems to prompt some interesting discussions!
margueritem over 14 years ago
So many idiots, so little time….
painedsmile over 14 years ago
I admit freely to being an idiot. As for education, I majored in idiocy, so actually it did help me to be a better idiot.
painedsmile over 14 years ago
Lady, you’re microphone isn’t even turned on. What an idiot.
John Lustig (Last Kiss) creator over 14 years ago
That’s either brilliant or I’m an idiot.
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
Too preachy! Listening much more to Ms. Greensleeves would force me to side with the idiots, just because!
FLIGHT SUIT over 14 years ago
Is this about Tea Baggers?
Steve Bartholomew over 14 years ago
Fifty per cent of the public are below average in intelligence.
caucel over 14 years ago
Wow! That is a brilliant speech. The sad is that idiots said is transformed in laws, books, magazines, news paper,… :)
You know it, Idiots had the power. If you wanna being a winner, you need being a major idiot. :)
Steve Bartholomew over 14 years ago
Or should that be “is below?”
AddADadaAdDad over 14 years ago
The recessive gene for idiocy is becoming far too dominant.
jgcp1 over 14 years ago
Someone suggested that the 49% of us who are above average intelligence should all run away to live in some other, more enlightened place. Sadly, there would then need to be a new curve and the 49% of us who fell below the mean would be the “new idiots”. But we would be intelligent idiots, no? MEDIC!
Ray_C over 14 years ago
It is very possible for more than 50% to be below the average in a skewed distribution. The median, not the average, is the 50% point. The average is merely the sum of the IQs divided by the number of people. Or, as Dilbert’s boss would put it, “Half the employees have salaries below the median!” I could go on… I could give examples… But I sense that you all are already pretty disgusted with this post and will soon be threatening some sort of action.
zero over 14 years ago
Hey! some of my best friends are idiots. AS for myself, I prefer being labeled by percentile.
KomaTous over 14 years ago
People should be clear that although i can see where the cartoonist is coming from, there is a lot of untruth in the wording and the truth is the only constant that will set people free.
Education run by institutions which do not promote self interpretations is for idiots.
No single life created from Mother Earth is born with any negative vibrations. The earth creates every life form with the utmost perfection to sustain its eco system, just a little unfortunate that many humans have detached them self from the eco system.
And i dont think religion should be a respected thing anymore, 2000 plus years about arguing about which institution has the right ethical conduct to live life and they have got no where. people should start listening to the earth in the same way they listen to their bodies.
and lastly through truth shall we learn all.
Oxnate over 14 years ago
Where did you find my manifesto?
Plods with ...™ over 14 years ago
Must be addressing the ABA
ndroberts95 over 14 years ago
that felt do good to read. thank you T.
itchybacon over 14 years ago
Yes, sweet Teresa. Please stroke it. Many, many times.
davesmithsit over 14 years ago
WHAT A BUNCH OF IDIOTS! HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!
lewisbower over 14 years ago
ADDADADDA said The recessive gene for idiocy is becoming far too dominate.
Darwin said the idiots would starve or be eaten by sabre toothed tigers, thereby removing themselves from the gene pool. Government says they will feed and protect idiots, thereby increasing them in the gene pool. The 49% may put off reproducing for education and careers. The idiots reproduce at will. If we weren’t idiots we could do the math.
fredbuhl over 14 years ago
I wish I’d been comatose after reading that post. This is a cartoon.
ottod Premium Member over 14 years ago
I have the uncomfortable feeling that the diatribe was intended for us.
wndrwrthg over 14 years ago
To mangle the Bard,
Some people are born to idiocy, others achieve idiocy, and some have idiocy thrust upon them. Where do you fit in?
judyparka over 14 years ago
We are idiots. All of us.
Ushindi over 14 years ago
OK, bad man gone again. Liver - with diced tomatoes and peppers, onions, garlic, sauteed slowly on low heat - magnificent. No catsup needed, openminded ( and NOT to be put in the garbage, coyoty).
Ushindi over 14 years ago
BTW, 3hourtour, I don’t BELIEVE it’s a sin to put catsup on a hot dog, I KNOW it’s a sin to put catsup on a hot dog.
fredbuhl over 14 years ago
Only idoits keep reading his comments if they know what they’re going to be like. Just skip them.
Ed in Toledo Premium Member over 14 years ago
In the computer business we use codes to describe problems. Some are coded “ID ten T”.
whaletail over 14 years ago
ID ten T? I don’t get it. Then again, I’m an idiot.
FireMedic over 14 years ago
Try to visualize it this way ID10T.
whaletail over 14 years ago
Makes sense now, ENG8INE. Thanks.
FLIGHT SUIT over 14 years ago
KomaTous, for somebody denouncing religion, you’ve just made a highly religious statement.
Coyoty Premium Member over 14 years ago
“The Idiot’s Guide to Idiots”.
Catsup goes on liver, and liver goes in the garbage.
ottod Premium Member over 14 years ago
Ushindi,
Isn’t there a line that goes something like, “…keeps doing the same thing the same way and expecting a different outcome…”?
irtheman over 14 years ago
“with the exception of an elite few who work slavishly to keep order”
My dear Raddish, what morons don’t seem to understand anymore is that the idiots are now running the asylum. This is why government spending has now outpaced economic growth. Sad really.
This comic really seems to prompt some interesting discussions!
ransomknotts over 14 years ago
Welcome, Matthew. It’s not much (according to some), but we like to call it home.
AddADadaAdDad over 14 years ago
And here I thought we were all Bozos on this bus. Man, am I an idiot.
Bill Hinds creator over 14 years ago
I had jury duty yesterday. After sitting through the lawyers interviewing the panel to pick the jury, I totally agree with the lady at the mic.
AddADadaAdDad over 14 years ago
Lewreader, yeah, that was exactly my thinking for that statement!
judyparka over 14 years ago
I’ve said it before on his Cleats page… Bill HInds is such a good sport! http://tinyurl.com/ydfx2et
ottod Premium Member over 14 years ago
re: FB.
Nice, straight seams though.
Ray_C over 14 years ago
Sometimes a hot dog is just a hot dog.
runar over 14 years ago
I may be an idiot, but I’m a professional idiot. The pay is decent, and the hours are good.
steelersneo over 14 years ago
And the thing that wakes me up in the middle of the night screaming………is that these people vote.