# Are Americans Dumber Than Europeans?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-americans-dumber-than-europeans/487873>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [March 1, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-americans-dumber-than-europeans/487873 "2009-03-01T12:49:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![hdude711](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@hdude711](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hdude711)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-americans-dumber-than-europeans/487873/1 "2009-03-01T12:49:51Z")

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\*Besides, we apparently don’t really need to know much about the rest of the world. According to Baylor University polling, 55 percent of Americans believe they have an advantage that surely outweighs any intellectual deficiencies:

A guardian angel.\*

Based on the the above, the answer is clearly YES!

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-americans-dumber-than-europeans/487873/2 "2009-03-04T10:56:51Z")

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_Your_ language?

Tsk, tsk