On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 12:45:46 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:04:55 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
> >On 3/20/2021 4:27 PM, Bruce wrote:
> >>
> >> People often make the mistake of thinking that factual knowledge has
> >> anything to do with intelligence.
> >>
> >That's true. Naturally, you know a lot about Belgium. I was just being
> >honest with what I (didn't) know. Knew it was in Europe but nothing else
> >about it. I looked on my map and see where it is now. I've learned
> >something.
> >
> >Unless I google, I still know nothing about Belgium...their history and
> >whatever. I was never taught that in school. Joan googles it first,
> >then laughs about what I didn't know.
> >Oh well Everyone is an expert these days on the internet.
> I'm not surprised you know little about Belgium. I'm only surprised
> that you think it used to be part of the communist block ("eastern").
> But maybe you didn't think that.

I used to think that Americans couldn't possibly be as bad as Europeans
make them out to be. Now I know better.

Cindy Hamilton