Comments on: The very bottom 14% have very simple skills https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/the-very-bottom-14-have-very-simple-skills/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 12 May 2026 23:05:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Alrenous https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/the-very-bottom-14-have-very-simple-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-2538441 Alrenous Mon, 30 Jan 2017 03:27:40 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41474#comment-2538441 In the mid 1800s 97% (or something similar) had literacy at level 3 or higher. Obviously they didn’t use this scale in 1850 but binary illiteracy refers to 2 and 1. 39% can’t write a short letter, i.e. anything beyond their signature. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2003/12/5/4379/-

“in neighboring Connecticut, 99.8 percent” A whole state can’t be an upscale neighbourhood.

It’s probably not really ‘intelligence’ differences, but largely cultural. Similarly, roughly 20% of black bastardy is biological, and the remaining 60%, three quarters of these kids, is cultural. Progressive culture, to be precise.

]]> By: Some Random Guy https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/the-very-bottom-14-have-very-simple-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-2538362 Some Random Guy Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:08:22 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41474#comment-2538362 I gotta go with Luckylucky on the voting. Those of us who believe we are intelligent and curious and possess all sorts of mental powers think we can make better decisions about politicians than those unfortunate slobs on the bottom rungs of life’s mental ladder. And that’s because we take time to read articles, listen to experts, and watch informative shows. But we’re just as susceptible to the emotional ploys which rope us in as the very dumbest among us. We merely imagine otherwise.

]]> By: Chris C. https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/the-very-bottom-14-have-very-simple-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-2538274 Chris C. Sun, 29 Jan 2017 03:18:48 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41474#comment-2538274 Those at the lowest levels of intelligence tend to lack any curiosity about the world around them. Some of those skills could be learned with a little online research and practice. Combine low intelligence with low curiosity and the resulting aversion to reading, other than maybe the cover of a tabloid in the checkout aisle, and you get the prototypical low-information voter. However, given the dregs usually offered to the voters by the major parties as candidates, what does it matter? And who decides which is right or wrong? As the admiral noted, “It’s a trap!”

]]> By: Lucklucky https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/the-very-bottom-14-have-very-simple-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-2538252 Lucklucky Sun, 29 Jan 2017 01:18:32 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41474#comment-2538252 As if that kind of intelligence is of value to know if people vote right or wrong…

]]> By: Phil B. https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/the-very-bottom-14-have-very-simple-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-2538248 Phil B. Sun, 29 Jan 2017 01:08:07 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41474#comment-2538248 And they ALL can vote …

]]> By: Lucklucky https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/the-very-bottom-14-have-very-simple-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-2538241 Lucklucky Sun, 29 Jan 2017 00:33:13 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41474#comment-2538241 I don’t think I have ever found a person in bottom 39% who wasn’t abusing drugs, heavily depressed, or very old.

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