Are scientists dumb?

[Sauron]

Originally posted by wildernesse
I wouldn't be surprised if there was a giant cultural need for the everyday Joe/Jane to outsmart those egghead idiots in their ridiculous academic setting. The scientists need to be dumb so that the layman can make them look foolish and assert control and stability over an important piece of their lives.

In a perfect fable, the scientists would say, "Golly, I've never looked at it that way before! You must be right!"

It's more American than apple pie that the average joe/farm kid/street-smart kid outsmarts the formally educated buffoon. We're all middle class here in the US, all average--which makes our acheivements even more impressive. hardy-ha-ha.

--tibac

Which is how we can get stuck with such an "educationally-challenged" president, and people somehow think it's folksy or cute.  It's better to have an underachiever in office, because joe sixpack can identify with an underachiever and that's less threatening.

Never mind the fact that the job requires the best and the brightest.....