How do I keep running into idiots who are positive they are intelligent?

Does the South no longer require history in schools, or do they just teach "alternative facts?" The Nazis were not really socialists. Only someone with no education would believe that. This site is getting extremely frustrating to be on. How do you converse with someone who is completely ignorant, but is positive they are right? When did we decide that education was bad and that ignorance was cool?

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JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

I sometimes feel that we are regressing in culture and education and entering a new dark age of thought. People are actually rejecting the scientific method and believing in superstition again.

I find it ironic that the people who reject science, it's scientific method, and empirical facts, are using this electronic medium to espouse their beliefs. In fact every aspect of their life and the modern world they live is was created by science.

Many American are very confused what socialism is and different systems of governance in general. Educated can be ignorant because we don't educate people in a well rounded way; but niche skills.

In fact I was told by a user who is a biologist that she has colleages that do not believe in evolution!

SW-User

@JimboSaturn I fear that you are right. I see a backlash against education. I have never been mocked for going to a good university before, but now I have been told several times that my education is worthless because I was obviously brainwashed by crazy liberal professors. What bothers me most is watching the us vs them narrative. Many people now consider scientists and professionals to be the enemy. There is a huge difference between being skeptical and believing that someone is out to get you. I grew up in the right wing Evangelical Christian community, and while I have always disliked most of them, I have never been AFRAID of them before.

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

I grew up in a conservative Catholic home. But my father was a scientist. What people don't understand that most of the scientist that pioneered the evolution, big bang, solar system where championed by monks. Genesis as an allegory or God's creation is orthodoxy, literal belief is modern. Yes I'm appalled by the profound lack of knowledge. More seriously, I'm amazed at the lack of logical thought. We should teach logic in schools. @SW-User

SW-User

@JimboSaturn Agreed!!!