USA in top 5 most ignorant countries

[Scuba Pete]

Really? Watch what happens next all you smart people.

I can only imagine...

 

[Brickjectivity]

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[Paradox22]

An IPSO-MORI poll has found that the US is near the top for ignorance

The map of the world's most ignorant countries

Good to see the UK near the bottom of this table, along with most of Europe

I didn't look at your source because this election is all the evidence I need

 

[JerryL]

How do you think Trump got elected?

Brexit.
Any Italian government.
Need I go on?

But I'm not sure what there is to debate? I didn't notice enough on the methodology to question it, and the limited selection of countries involved just seems to make it "Europe is more knowledgeable than the US".

 

[Revoltingest]

It could'a been worse....

 

[JerryL]

It could'a been worse....

I don't see how that contributes to the discussion.

 

[Revoltingest]

I don't see how that contributes to the discussion.

A couple posters have pointed to our election as proof of our ignorance
(2 largely unacceptable candidates being the only likely winners).
Instead, the result can be seen as knowing enuf to avoid rock bottom,
which I illustrated with a picture of it.

 

[JerryL]

The less ignorant countries on the map in the OP would disagree with you. They pretty much all came out in clear support of Clinton over Trump.

I can cite Britain, Germany, France, etc if you like.

 

[GoodbyeDave]

Here are some statistics that aren't from a polling company:
Here's The New Ranking Of Top Countries In Reading, Science, And Math
The US ranks below OECD average in literacy, maths, and science.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Interesting statistics, but how real they are.....

They're pretty put of date now...
Welcome to RF!!

 

[Hockeycowboy]

Wow, a poll by Ipsos Mori, which is a "market research organisation in the United Kingdom ... works extensively for the Government of the United Kingdom, looking at public attitudes to key public services, and so informing social policy."

No possible biases there.

Oh yeah....a formidable think-tank! Not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.