I read in my local paper that Ohio is the 8th dumbest state

[JohnnyRingo]

I was astounded! Ohio is known as birthplace of the presidents. Thomas Edison, Erma Bombeck, Clarence Darrow! All smart people from Ohio!

We've spawned more astronauts than any other state and I myself went to the same school as Neil Armstrong and film director Chris Columbus. Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters was born right down the road from me, so how can we be the 8th dumbest state? We invented the god damned traffic light!

Then I read down the page to the letters to the editor:

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Thank goodness we're only the 8th stupidest. Sorry Idaho.

https://www.vindy.com/opinion/brenda-j-linert/2019/12/ohio-not-stellar-among-smart-states-study/

[elleng]

1. Success by repugs,

for many years working to dumb-down U.S.

[LakeArenal]

2. That was very interesting.

The state where I was born and the state where I went to High School and college both in the top ten.

I always valued my education, too.

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[llmart]

3. My birth state.

I rarely go back, but the last time I did was in 2016 and there were Trump signs everywhere. I couldn't believe what had happened to the state. I have no desire to ever live there again. Maybe the educated ones have all left. I know I did.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Jim Jordan really brings down the state IQ, doesn't he?

[SeattleVet]

5. So many astronauts!!!

What is it about Ohio that makes them all want to leave the planet???

[Quackers]

6. You would have to trace it back to the Wright brothers.

When fleeing on horseback or by automobile wasn’t fast enough.

[roamer65]

7. Ohio is so stupid that...

they are going to let MILLIONS in marijuana tax revenue flow to MI.

They are THAT stupid.

We in MI are glad that they are that dumb, along with Indiana.

[JohnnyRingo]

8. I couldn't help but notice that one.

I see that while many municipalities in MI won't allow recreational weed shops, Ann Arbor does. I used to make an every other month trip there in the '60s for LSD. They're calling me back.

Thanx Michigan!

[roamer65]

9. There is a recreational sales shop in Morenci.

Right on the border.

Shops will be opening in Detroit and other major cities over the next year. SE Michigan will be a pot Mecca very soon.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

10. Hey, watch it. We're feeling threatened here!

Yaw'll just need to be keeping yer proper place. Bless yer hoewert.

KY..........

[samplegirl]

11. Rob Portman

is proof enough!!

[OilemFirchen]

12. The traffic light?

We invented the fucking stepladder!

BTW, the cited "study" is from grifter site safehome.org, whose staff consists of seven retired LEOs and one "Security Consultant and Investigator".

If you can't trust these guys to do statistical analysis on levels of intelligence, who can you trust?

[liberaltrucker]

13. I'm surprised that Ohio didn't invent the radar gun

The Highway Patrol certainly made, uh, liberal use of it
back in the day. Or so I'm told.

[appalachiablue]

14. Top 10 smartest states from the article, hmm

According to the analysis, here are America’s top 10 smartest states: New Jersey, Utah, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Montana, Virginia, Kansas, Wisconsin, Oregon and Minnesota.

[roamer65]

15. Kansas?

LMAO.

[appalachiablue]

16. Yeah, a few stood out but in looking at the criteria

it must pull together somehow.

The report, created by Safehome.org, utilized four categories to rank the states, focusing largely on college degrees and higher education entrance exam scores, coupled by high school graduation rates.

They say they collected the data from reputable sources like the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Education and the College Board.