Originally Posted by Elijah

It does seem that everyone is much dumber then me yes. I have never been one to hold public opinion in much regard. People believe what they are told and nothing else. If there is a majority in the opinion then there is no questioning at all and anyone who doesn't agree is the dumb one.

Genetics is a fairly new field still developing that has been studied with Darwin tinted glasses so there is going to be a major bias in that direction.

If they had a better understanding of genetics back in the day then lamarkisim may be still around. Once people have a better understanding that genetic changes don't necessarily manifest themselves physically but doesn't mean there weren't changes genetically or epigenetically.

Originally Posted by Coragyps

Nobody post a link to Kruger & Dunning's paper Unskilled and Unaware of It. Such an action might be interpreted as unkind. Don't even Google it unless you are somewhat modest.