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[SPOILER]% of Americans with Bachelor's degrees and [SPOILER]% of Americans with post-graduate degrees could identify the DPRK on an unlabeled map of asia. (1740 surveyed) Post guesses below (www.nytimes.com)
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spoiler46% bachelor degree 53% postgraduate degree

Were you in the correct ballpark?

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[–] 13 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Also assumes map knowledge correlates with being "good decision maker". Being able to find Iran on a map shouldn't give you the voice to say whether or not we bomb them.

Like if a farm worker in 1932 said we should go kill Hitler but couldn't find Germany on a map; they would have been a better decision maker then any of the slop (now or) then running America.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    The US cultural and education system is meant to keep us deadened and stupid to the world around us. While I agree in abstract geographical knowledge shouldn’t matter, in this case it is a sign that a person is investigating and learning beyond the background milieu. It doesn’t mean they have good opinions to be clear, just that they have thoughts beyond what the TV tells them to think.

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