why is the intellectual level so low on the US version of Yahoo! Answers, compared to Europe?

It is because the highest percentage of Americans do not put any importance on their education. While we are an educationally priveleged society, it is not seen as important by the youth. We have a high percentage of our society which is completely illiterate. People are being further dumbed down by the popularity of text message linguistics. While people may know better, it isn't popular to know better. We do not idolize our scientists or philosophers, we do not study classic literature. We idolize rich heiresses and study the entertainment rags to follow the relationships of the famous. People don't realize how priveleged we are and are squandering it.

The Germans tend to be...I don't know. I go there every now and then. There's more restrictions. With fewer users, there is more attention paid to root out the rift-raft. By the way, not everyone on the US board is from the US. It's just an English board, because the same questions show up even if you click on Canada, UK, or AU.

it somewhat is no longer basically the McCann debate. i'm a variety of who hops around from one type to the subsequent, and it somewhat is everywhere. some human beings only can't seem to act in a rational way, and others are only trolls. the only suggestion i comprehend of is the only you already made approximately forgetting the record abuse button. I in no way use it besides, and prefer others might do the comparable.

I never really looked at it but, you kind of slammed us without a proper study, didn't you?

Every time I enter an answer it gets slammed and put down without all the answers in, some of the answers left on are really stupid. I went to one University, one State college and one Institute of Technology, I've had a year is a supervisor in a lab, a large medical/ hospital lab. I do believe I've had a good education. I've felt in answering the European questions, medical, they were more biased with my answers and quick to chose their own, even though some were really out in left field. This is only my opinion and excuse me if I'm wrong, I apologies.

How can a school system be decadent? Maybe it is my inferior vocabulary that I fail to understand your point, or maybe it is you failing at being a pseudo-intellectual.

The are two types of Europeans: The smart ones, and the ones who stayed.

hey! i'm french and i don't think so! i was looking at questions here and i find them better than in France!

here they are talking politics, history while in France either some F******** son of B**** of racist guy is there, insulting every one who's not racist like him. In France, you think it's better? are you sure? did you take a look to dumb questions i saw?

ad i don't think intellectual level is different because of the school system because in France, school level is maybe one of the worst in the world. i know, i come from it!

and what about yahoo answer in italia: i saw a question so dumb tha i was too sad to answer so stupid it was (do the gravity exist? i was wondering if he gone to class one day!)

and what about yahoo answer Canada? did you look at it? there someone who have a nazi avatar!

i'm sorry but, if intellectual level here is low, it's maybe because you came here and bring with you your dumb ideas!

So, boy, if you think you are too smart to be her, go back to europe !

Wondering why you see the need to be insulting

Wondering why you would think that a small sample (such as your personal experience ) would provide enough data for such a sweeping conclusion

Wondering why you would consider yourself intelligent - or do you ?

<sigh> We're used to "freedom of speech" in this country, an idea that's foreign to some nations (LOL) so people are used to engaging mouth (or typing fingers) without worrying about someone dragging us off to jail or beating us up (literally) for it.

If you see the caliber of question that is generally posted here, not much is being asked.

There seem to be no catagory for "Deep Questions", which probes the very depths of intelligence and supposition

The US doesn't have bland food and soccer riots. Who's ignorant now?