Americans, in general, are idiots

First I must start to correct an error that was made. The formula that measures the statistical deviance in terms of percentage is 1/(N)^1/2 and is what I meant to write. What I have set about to demonstrate is that a large segment of the US population display such a low general education in different regards such as science and education. I have also showed that a large percentage of he population hold beliefs about matters that are so absurd that it indicates a certain dullness among quite many Americans, such as that Barack Obama is the Antichrist, that it is Chemtrails that come out of Airplane exhaust., etc. I base this assertion on several polls that have been conducted by some of the most respected polling organisations. My opponent has so far made some loose and unsubstantiated claims in order to refute my claims. For instance, he claimed, without any evidence, that US perform better than Europe and Japan in terms of scientific and mathematical literacy whereas I rebutted that claim with a study that indicated the exact opposite, that several countries outperform US in these regards. He also tried to argue that my proposition is wrong due to the fact that more Europeans suffer from mental illnesses. He then posited that as a possible explanation as to why some European countries are in a deeper economic recession than US. However, as I demonstrated, it is a flawed way of looking at my proposition and try to answer it from the perspective of what kind of influence the certain mental illnesses would have to cause what I defined as idiocy. Because most of these ailments that were measured in the study give no indication whatsoever as to what I am interested in looking at, namely how knowledgeable those who were surveyed are, they are consequently indicators that are irrelevant to this debate. Just because you suffer from insomnia or depression doesn't necessarily correlate with being an idiot, and if it were so then it is incumbent upon my opponent to demonstrate such a correlation. Since he hasn't done that, this whole argument is irrelevant to this debate. In terms of the economic situation in Europe versus that in the US, I stated that there are numerous explanations that can be accounted for, such as the fact that the Euro has prevented the economically unstable countries to govern their own interest rate and exchange rate in order to suit their domestic needs. That would have substantially alleviated the economic hardship that they are currently going through and improve their economic activity. Thus, since there are several factors that can be taken into account for to give a satisfactory picture of the economic situation in these countries, it is absolutely ludicrous to posit that which my opponent offered as a possible explanation without giving any evidence to support that idea and without putting it in relation to actual documented economic causes that led to the economic recessions. As I illustrated, if you were to compare EU to US, then US actually has more structural debt problems than the EU combined. However, this is a separate topic and there are various factors to include in order to delineate a satisfactory explanation for the current economic situation. It would be a bogus speculation to say -without evidence - that it is because Americans, in general, have a low general education about science and - probably - economy in the same way as you posited your claim. It is but an evasive tactic that my opponent is using in order to evade the topic that we are discussing as I have tried to frame it. Mental ailments have nothing to do with this debate unless my opponent can prove otherwise, and I deem that he has failed to fulfill his burden of proof in this regard. I admit that I did I could have contrasted the dumbness of Americans in terms of their general education with that of the rest of the world. I focused a lot of effort on demonstrating the dumbness on Americans but failed to include any conducted surveys that have surveyed the general knowledge of any other countries, whether industrialized or developing countries due to lack of text space. Since this is a conclusion, no new arguments are to be presented so I will constrict my conclusive arguments on the arguments that I have already presented. I realize that since I haven't presented any real comparisons or a benchmark to set a defined standard for what constitutes idiocy in terms of knowledge and general education, I can honestly say that I can only relate to my own subjective belief about what constitutes idiocy. I do believe that I did present some illustrative and compelling examples of what that would be. Since my opponent hasn't addressed or tried to rebut any of those examples that I gave, I believe that I have fulfilled my burden of proof insofar as this debate concerns. After all, those examples that I illustrated were, in my opinion, rather shocking and indicative of the proposition that I am making. I don't know how many times I have stressed this point, but there are many bright Americans that contribute a whole lot to science and the economy at large. If I were one of you, I would certainly agree with my proposition. After all, a country in which Sarah Palin can get president is not indicative of a smart country. I mean, if you are a homosexual secular atheist in US, then you probably know what I am talking about. There are so many wonderful aspects of US and I am therefore doing this debate in order to raise awareness about these aspects that I, frankly speaking, believe are quite damaging to the US. How is US going to compete with emerging economies if virtually millions of Americans believe in the notion that the sun revolves around the earth? How is US going to compete with brilliant engineers and innovators when millions of Americans are zealous creationists? This is quite frightening to me because I want US to be the dominant power and the dominant economy in the world. Thus, see this as a warning, that if we don't acknowledge this as a serious problem that poses a threat to the competitiveness of the US until it's too late, then America might lose its dominant role that it currently has. I say that at the time being millions of Americans are morons and, in general, Americans are morons. Let us do something about it! Why don't we improve the economic system and try to diminish the influence that religious zealots have over the schools and state? Why don't we try to combat the scientific illiteracy among Americans by waging an intellectual war against churches and religious organisations that wields such a big influence in America and have thus brainwashed millions of Americans to believe what they believe? Why don't we give more money to research and scientific studies in United States? These measures must be undertaken in order to improve the welfare of US and Americans. These are all viable measures that we can take, but first we must come to terms with the problem that we are facing: millions of Americans that are morons. This is the problem that America is facing and that we can do something about.