I am guessing the educational level in this group is higher than average. True or not?
I guessed the formal education level was higher in this group simply based on my own Unitarian Universalist fellowship. We were a group of primarily "non-believers" who were seekers and the general educational level seemed to be Master Degrees. The few who identified themselves as "Christian" were very liberal and definitely not evangelical. In a good UU fellowship, you have the equivalent of this group but in the flesh not online. This particular fellowship was in the Bible Belt and I think we all gravitated to this "church" fellowship to keep our sanity and to meet others with similar concerns. I'm in WV now and there is no UU fellowship nearby. Sigh.
depends on perspective. I think the more intelligent you are the more of a fool you are believing in fairy tales
I do not care. It's what I put in and what I get out of here that matters.
Got us another one here usin' them big, high soundin' words again. Well I ain't gonna go lookin' 'em up.
Yer dang right!
My IQ is high enough to not have to brag about it............
My formal education only goes as far as an associate degree. But I do spend a lot of my free time reading stuff, even occasionally course material from universities and such that's online. I like to think that I have a very good informal education
A formal education is not required to develop effective critical thinking skills. On the whole I would guess that the 'spread' on yrs of education is in conformity with the general population although unless a poll were taken, that would be just the guess. So far, in my opinion, from the posts I've read, most here are well above average intelligence.
I'd be more apt to say that the intelligence level is higher. Some of the smartest people I've known in my life never even finished high school.
See,schooling has nothing to do with intelligence...since a person is born, or not, with intelligence.
@DUCHESSA I recall that intelligence is a combination of genetics and environment. Here is a link to a Scientific American article on it.
The only thing I am sure about is what I don't know... And on any given day, that can be a lot.
Sadly I only did 1 year in college.
It seems you have made a common American mistake of confusing school with education.
Can you elaborate that, please?
I would suspect that even though the educational level could vary the ability to use critical thinking would be higher for sure.
Along with plain old common sense.
I have a degree from the school of hard knocks and a masters in tom foolery my doctorate is in sarcasm.
Well shucks...lol
I think so. Whether formally educated or not, people on this site seem to have honed their thinking skills.
Agree!
Mixed-high school and up-check profiles to see.