Intelligence Quotient?

I think it was the Pandemic that did it.  The Chinese Wuhan Killer Pandemic.  That one...

Prior to that I was heading into Old Age in the (mistaken) belief that we were all okay.  That our society was humming along nicely.  And that our kids were being well educated, especially given the enormous property taxes we're all paying.  Especially in Big Blue states like New York.  And New Jersey.  And Conneticutt.   

That our Veterans were being well served.  That our military was strong, well armed and ready for whatever comes along.

And then the Pandemic hit.  Like a ton of bricks.  We were all ordered to go home, lock our doors behind us, pull down the shades, and start ordering take-out from DoorDash.  Or Uber.  Or whichever company could accomodate you.  Making a burger and fries cost like a steak at Gordon Ramsey's.  

And then there was nothing left for us to do except spend our time watching the Hallmark Channel.  Or cruising Social Media on our phones and laptops.  And it was then we were all forced to reckon with the hard truth; the average American is way dummmer than a bag of rocks.

Unfortunately.

I was in training to become a clinical psychologist.  Viet Nam got in the way, but I offer up my education as my bona fides.  I was trained that I.Q., or "Intelligence Quotient," was designed to acquaint us with the various levels of our smarts.  

A French psychologist named Alfred Binet came up with the I. Q. test back in 1904.  He decided we should divide our mental ages by our physical ages, and then multiply by 100.  That would enable us to ascribe a number to our smarts.  Or lack of same.  And that's when the trouble began...

Elon is a genius, with an I.Q. of 160, most likely.  The average guy or gal who delivers your mail or takes away your trash is likely less than that.  Maybe 100.  Which is, we were told by Binet, as our "average."  And then the Pandemic was visited upon us.  

We were forced to view hundreds of videos on Facebook.  And YouTube.  And Instagram.  And we learned the awful truth; an inordinate number of Americans are just plain dumb.  Oh, there are a few bright lights out there, but not so many.  I'd say the average I.Q. is more like 78.  Maybe 85, max.  Certainly nowhere near 100.  

Just too dammmm dumb.  

It leaves me speechless.  Even Harvard has been forced to offer remedial math and spelling classes to its incoming freshman.  Imagine that: Pay $90,000 a year to learn how to do simple math.  And to hate Jews.  I'll bet their daddies are proud of them.  

I'm not.

Our children lost a couple of years of education because our Gubmint thought it was a good idea to close our schools.  For years.  What were they thinking?  What were they smoking?

So I'll croak one day soon having learned that our society has devolved precipitously.  And I didn't have to check with the Net to spell that word correctly.  And I didn't go to Harvard.  Because I can do simple math.  And I most assuredly don't hate Jews.  

Probably because I didn't go to Harvard...