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Study: 38 Percent Of People Not Actually Entitled To Their Opinion
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| Adam420 |
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. |
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| Krypton |
| Our socialist school system is a failure. What gives? |
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| Sushipunk |
| It's the Onion, you muppet. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
It's the Onion, you muppet. |
It still astonishes me that people take the Onion seriously :p |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
It still astonishes me that people take the Onion seriously :p |
Seriously :haha: |
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| Adam420 |
| I dunno I just found it through Digg I've never been on onion before |
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| Adam420 |
| hahaha lol alright I guess I got owned then |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| onion or not, i still support the premise. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Adam420
hahaha lol alright I guess I got owned then |
Happens to all of us, don't worry :) |
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| Darkarbiter |
| Another really lame news story from the onion. Would people stop posting this ? |
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| T-Soma |
| quote: | Originally posted by Adam420
who based the findings on hundreds of telephone, office, and dinner-party conversations compiled over a three-year period. |
That sort of gave it away... |
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