Recommended Resources

The Dumbing Down of America

Links to websites containing further info (web sites, statistics and surveys, etc.) related to the spread of anti-intellectualism in America.

Recommended Links

National Science Foundation
Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Understanding

Kaiser Family Foundation 2003
Kids' TV: computer habits start early
The influence of media on kids (Statistics)

National Geographic - Roper Hall Survey
- Public Sampling Reveals Geographic Illiteracy
- 2006 Survey Results
- Young Americans Still Lack Basic Global Knowledge

We're a Nation of Dunces (ePinion)
http://oldsarges.blogspot.com/2008/02/dumbing-of-america.html
http://warincontext.org/2008/02/17/opinion-review-a-nation-of-dunces/

Is Google Making Us Stupid?
A facinating and extremely well-written article on the possbilties that the enormous amount of small bytes of information we process now each day are rewiring our brains.

Do Your Own (DIY) Research

Keywords for Search Engines
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Counterpoint

• America, anti-intellectual?
• A bit of an elitist snob?

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing...