# What is the Darwinian explanation for stupid people? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 13, 2003, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-darwinian-explanation-for-stupid-people/218762 "2003-12-13T08:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![boofy\_bloke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@boofy\_bloke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boofy_bloke)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-darwinian-explanation-for-stupid-people/218762/41 "2003-12-16T02:44:46Z")
So… intelligence is an accident and Darwin removes the other end of the bell curve with fire crackers in vacuum cleaner hoses? (Not entirely facetious, but I can’t help myself.) ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-darwinian-explanation-for-stupid-people/218762/42 "2003-12-16T15:20:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by muttrox \* > \*\*Filmore, you mean median, not mean. \*\* Yeah, median, that’s what I meant. I guess now you all know which end of the spectrum I fall in 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-darwinian-explanation-for-stupid-people/218762/43 "2003-12-16T22:32:16Z")
There isn’t an explanation of Darwinism that stupid people are going to understand. That’s why there’s religion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-darwinian-explanation-for-stupid-people/218762.md?page=2)