joether
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ORIGINAL: thompsonx You both are implying that the majority of Americans are able to handle complex and complicated amounts of information and behave like reasonable, rational, and mature adults? You are stating that most americans are too stupid to walk and chew gum....cite please. Citing an example implies specific information from a specific source. If I was quoting the following: "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law." Do I need to state it comes from the 3rd amendment? Nor really, because its a well known bit of information. But this crowd I might have to on the grounds that most of you would fail a Bill of Rights exame. In fact Gallup found the majority of Americans could not list off two freedoms granted under the 1st amendment. How many do you think would know what the 3rd and 7th amendment gives? How many of you know what the 7th amendment contains? That one is... "The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State." Right? Now, if I was citing information that is not well known, THEN, I would have to quote a source of information. For example, if I was talk about Grandfathered Health Plans Under the ACA, I would quote it (like I just did in the link). I could go straight to the source, but the understanding of grandfathered plans is listen in like five different places. A real chore to put them all together, create a weblink to post the actual reading. The link works because its defining the information accurately without political bias. Now, to your original question. One only has to plug in the info into Google: "Walk and Chew Gum" to find there are quite a few sources of information. One of a study that was released back in May of this year on the cognitive functions of the human brain as it attempts to perform two actions at once. That those with certain mental disabilities have a harder time completing the tasks. If this had been a thread about those mental illnesses I might use the information and source it (like I usually do). To answer my quoted information; yes, Americans really are ignorant on many things. Might explain why our nation keep slipping behind other nations on Math, Science, and even general educational requirements. That it is even more a problem with those of a 'conservative' bent on politics then liberal thought. Has there been a direct correlation between 'knowledge' and 'political thought process' as it relates to the dominant political schools of thought in the USA (i.e. liberal moderate, conservative)? Yes. Would I quote them? Not really. Since the data is rather flimsy right now and requires more researching. On this board, I've observed many individuals not understanding information as it relates to political documents or dialogue. I cite many of the threads on here about the ACA. One member of the 'audience' asked a question on the ACA with regards to 'how much will it cost me if I dont get healthcare coverage this year'. To which I gave them the information straight from the ACA. Between my post and several others before it, mine contained factual information, with a link! If we required people to pass a 100 question exam on US History and Policy for the last two Presidential Elections to vote on the current; how many conservatives would fail it and thus not be allowed to vote? Most of them. In ending I have just one thing further to state: the quote on the 7th is not correct; it comes from the 11th. How many honestly checked to see if I was right or not?
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