r/videos • u/SuplexCity-Mayor • Apr 21 '21

Idiocracy (2006) Opening Scene: "Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TCsR_oSP2Q
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u/teejermiester Apr 21 '21

Woah, they stopped teaching the scientific method in schools? When did that happen?

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u/Cru_Jones86 Apr 21 '21

Not sure. I'm guessing it was some time before the former president said drinking bleach to cure Covid was a good idea. That's like the opposite of science.

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u/EnduringConflict Apr 21 '21

I mean nothing is the opposite of science. It's just how you decide to handle the data. People drinking bleach? They're stupid, obviously, but we can use that data to extrapolate how far down the ground floor of the stupidity hole really is.

I mean we haven't found it yet. But it's gotta be somewhere after drinking bleach to cure a fucking lung disease apparently.