Newsweek: Why We Believe Lies, Even When We Learn the Truth.

[JaxNative68]

my posts have just been one quote after another from Idiocracy, but they seemed to get NotNow's goat so I kept them flowing.

[JaxNative68]

Meanwhile, the population exploded, and intelligence continued to decline until humanity was incapable of solving even it's most basic problems.

The movie itself isn't the greatest, but its undertone is outstanding . . . definitely worth the view.  I promise you will find humor it, but then you will be saddened at how much it represents the realities of society.

[NotNow]

I have not seen the movie either.  I don't really have any desire to do so.  maybe it will pop up on cable when I have the time to watch.  I don't have any more time for this exercise, though.

[Overstreet]

My experience is that you should be humble concerning others. Once you start thinking you are smarter or more blessed than someone you reach a false sense of security. One can become blinded by ego.

For example, I can give y'all some insider information and y'all tell me I'm wrong because they read something different in a crafted PR news release.

Intellectual thought often makes one blind.

[JaxNative68]

who says the insider information hasn't been crafted in order to protect insider's institution, aka damage control in response to the news release.

Always consider the source and the agenda of that source prior to believing who is right or wrong.

[buckethead]

apparently Im going to have to see this movie.

It's a funny movie. The idiocy can be associated to the opposite party you support.

What are electrolytes anyway?

[Dog Walker]

Everybody out there has something to teach you no matter how smart you are.  Talk to them!

[cityimrov]

Let's take this article and look at it from a different angle.  A large portion of the population believes the city can provide the services they need with them paying no taxes.  Today, the Sheriff cut some services because he couldn't pay for them.  Now some people are saying the Sheriff is in a conspiracy against the population and taking all the department's money for himself. 

In a way, if there's a proposal to lower the tax rate, I wouldn't be surprised if a large portion of the population voted yes thinking nothing would change with their lives even if that tax cut shuts down a few "imaginary" fire stations. 

So, when will people start realizing they might be wrong with their first assumption?   

[buckethead]

And prophetic.

Devo argued the same case; circa 1979.

[JaxNative68]

bring back the energy domes and melt down suits!