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Study: 38 Percent Of People Not Actually Entitled To Their Opinion
May 23, 2007 | Issue 43�21
CHICAGO�In a surprising refutation of the conventional wisdom on opinion entitlement, a study conducted by the University of Chicago's School for Behavioral Science concluded that more than one-third of the U.S. population is neither entitled nor qualified to have opinions.
"On topics from evolution to the environment to gay marriage to immigration reform, we found that many of the opinions expressed were so off-base and ill-informed that they actually hurt society by being voiced," said chief researcher Professor Mark Fultz, who based the findings on hundreds of telephone, office, and dinner-party conversations compiled over a three-year period. "While people have long asserted that it takes all kinds, our research shows that American society currently has a drastic oversupply of the kinds who don't have any good or worthwhile thoughts whatsoever. We could actually do just fine without them."
In 2002, Fultz's team shook the academic world by conclusively proving the existence of both bad ideas during brainstorming and dumb questions during question-and-answer sessions.
link: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/61948
I guess this is something to keep in mind, in a place like this where people come to express their opinion.
Our socialist school system is a failure. What gives?
It's the Onion, you muppet.
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk It's the Onion, you muppet. |
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| Originally posted by Lira It still astonishes me that people take the Onion seriously |
I dunno I just found it through Digg I've never been on onion before
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| Originally posted by Adam420 I dunno I just found it through Digg I've never been on onion before |
hahaha lol alright I guess I got owned then
onion or not, i still support the premise.
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| Originally posted by Adam420 hahaha lol alright I guess I got owned then |
Another really lame news story from the onion. Would people stop posting this shit?
Re: Study: 38 Percent Of People Not Actually Entitled To Their Opinion
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| Originally posted by Adam420 who based the findings on hundreds of telephone, office, and dinner-party conversations compiled over a three-year period. |
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| Originally posted by Adam420 I dunno I just found it through Digg I've never been on onion before |
Onur Ozer
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| Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN onion or not, i still support the premise. |
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| Originally posted by cmay119 This. The stats may not be correct, but there are tons of idiots out there who voice an opinion on something they have no idea what they're talking about. In the end making the opinion counter-productive. |
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| Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On And what qualifies you to say this? |
And why didn't you mention this previously in order to avoid any logical doubt whatsoever?
Knew it was The Onion immediately and was not surprised when I clicked and found I was right. Like a lot of Onion articles, it manages to be humorous by injecting a little bit of silliness with a clever mixture of insight, realism and the obvious. I liked this one.
I am entitled to my opinion and I will share it with you after reading this article. First off, I disagree with the headline: everyone is entitled to their opinion. How could you not be entitled to your own opinion? Your opinion is yours, nobody can take it from you. Perhaps I'm getting into semantics, but I think that what the article really gets across is that some people just aren't worth listening to once they open their mouths or type their nonsense. These people are called boring, uninteresting, stupid, obnoxious, weird and the list goes on and on. However, this is surely common sense and I assumed that most children reached this conclusion without even thinking about it at length. Who didn't know this? 
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"Seek professional help immediately. "
"I am going to kill you and everyone in this room."
"Oh. Carry on, then."
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"I am just as disturbed as you, just more experienced at hiding it. Please end my life. I am talking to you telepathically in order to be discreet my good friend. You are the one and only savior. You will deliver us from evil. Please. Kill us now. Make us suffer. It is the only way."
"Yes. I understand. I will. Continue living normally. I will interrupt your thought processes soon enough. You are all trapped in your own little world, going about a meaningless life and ignoring what really matters. I will change that when I sneak in my weapon and bring chaos to this fine institution."
god u r retarded akridot :P
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| Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On And what qualifies you to say this? |
Depending on the subject, that figure might be much higher.
Then again, I am an elitist.
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