you can't make this stuff up

Amos_Umwhat · February 10

Some of us have been commenting on that for awhile, nice to have some official confirmation. As I was reading it I found I was asking myself "Didn't they dumb down the tests, too?". I can't say for sure.

Just Google it, right?

Like anything else, use it or lose it. We used to have to memorize multiplication tables, work out problems step by step, learn games like Chess wherein being able to visualize your and your opponents next several moves was an integral part of the play. Young people now just have to react and move their thumbs to moment by moment action on the screen, or turn to the calculator, or Google it. Little or no thought process involved, no cognitive action, just a reaction in the moment. That's good for some things, but not much is learned.

Rant over.

Rdp77 · February 10

I find it comical that a neuroscientist takes his information from standardized tests that are performed on children that do not have standardized curriculum.
Not a lot of science in that.

peter4jc · February 10

@silvermouse said:

Now, this is awkward. Horvath said many young people remain highly confident in their intelligence despite lower measured performance. Confidence isn’t the issue. Confidence without correction stalls improvement.

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where individuals with limited knowledge or competence in a domain greatly overestimate their own expertise. Coined by David Dunning and Justin Kruger in 1999, it stems from a lack of self-awareness (metacognition), meaning incompetent people cannot recognize their own incompetence. It often results in unwarranted confidence, while high performers may conversely underestimate their skills.

Vision · February 10

I don’t know how y’all survived walking uphill both ways to school in 6 feet of snow. That’s a joke fellahs!

To your point, Peter. We have people that end up here all the time, spouting nonsense about cigars, but say it’s so confidently that I truly do believe that they’ve convinced themselves they are right.

peter4jc · February 11

I agree with you completely. But let me tell you where you're wrong.

Favorite quote from @TNBigfoot68

silvermouse · February 11

this is strange:

F.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days
No flights would be allowed to or from the airport for 10 days under a flight restriction order that cited unspecified “special security reasons.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-flight-restrictions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LVA.KO-w.hzv70GrjJkGh&smid=url-share

Amos_Umwhat · February 11

Perhaps the Alien forces are finally arriving to reveal themselves? We don't want anyone taking potshots at the Klingon command, they'd retaliate for sure.

dirtdude · February 11

Tucson had 18 school shut down last week for teachers taking time off for Resist, No Kings, Fùck Trump rallies, I found this headline humorous Seattle Public Schools to stay open on Seahawks parade day with no excused absences

Amos_Umwhat · February 11

@Amos_Umwhat said:
Perhaps the Alien forces are finally arriving to reveal themselves? We don't want anyone taking potshots at the Klingon command, they'd retaliate for sure.

Well now they're saying it had something to do with Cartel drones. Rats! I was hoping for Klingons.

silvermouse · February 11

Here's your chance to register for a study , they send you a hydrogen sensor that you attach to your underwear to count your farts.
https://gizmodo.com/how-many-times-do-you-fart-a-day-smart-underwear-says-its-way-more-than-you-think-2000719805

Register here:
https://redcap.umaryland.edu/surveys/?s=JY4WE33E9XYDCHC4

Amos_Umwhat · February 11

Sending that link to a couple people I know...ahem...

Yakster · February 11

Tempting, but I don't want to sign up for more spam: "I authorize the Hall Lab Research Team to collect, store, and utilize my contact information for the purpose of study recruitment."

ForMud · February 12

I wonder where you're going the place the six D batteries it takes to run this thing without distorting the count?

peter4jc · February 12

I was thinking about this while at the grocery store yesterday, and thought it might make more sense to give one of those sensors to each of the people around me in aisle 6 to cover their face with.

memento_mori · February 14

ShawnOL · February 19

Dont trust when your credit card company gives you your fico score. Got both of these today.

Rdp77 · February 19

Don’t trust your credit card company period.
The worse a credit score is, the more money they can try to make off of you.

ShawnOL · February 20

I hear ya. Cc companies are vultures.

Yakster · February 21

https://youtu.be/eKggGGo_7RU?si=H07fbz3K_jFM_vV5

memento_mori · 2:00PM

On February 23rd, 1945, six U.S. Marines raised the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima during one of the Pacific War's bloodiest battles. AP photographer Joe Rosenthal captured the moment in what became one of America's most iconic wartime images.

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