were people 700 years ago way smarter than today?

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Originally Posted by Das Attorney

Does she know the sign in front of her says "Gaylord"?

priceless! was thinking the same thing



back in the day in order to be smart one generally had to make an effort unlike today where everyone is in these public schools and are force fed information...

now a days their are so many specializations and different types of knowledge exist its hard to say what is smart...is some physics professor who knows all the generally useless shit smart? does going to college make you smart? does have street smarts and survival skills smart? just go to any 3 or 4th year college class their are alot of idiots who will eventually get their 4 year degree...and some maybe higher..

also most of these really smart people in todays society probably wouldnt survive a week if they somehow went back to 700 years ago (for various reasons)...does that make them smart...