[MD] subject/object: pragmatism

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Krimel]
"Think of how dumb the average guy is and remember that half of the people
are dumber than him." I mostly object to theologies and political view that
elevate ignorance to a virtue.

[Arlo]
The irony is that the same people who seek hierarchies of superiority in every
other facet of life, try to create a flat "no one is dumber or smarter than
anyone else" when it comes to understanding complex fields like philosophy and
physics. And frankly, I don't find the discrepancy among the population to be
one of innate ability, as to a sad combination of the failure to educate
compounded by, as you eloquently call it, the cultural impetus of the day that
elevates ignorance to a virtue.

On a humourous (the "u" is for the Brits among us) note, lest we forget how
"informed" many in the general population are, check out this clip from the
sadly telling " Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader...

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/29/video-is-europe-a-country/

Jeff does not ask her who she voted for in the last election, but my money is
on Bush ;-)