Google it!

In this information Era there is absolutley no reason we should be having arguments about the ratio of men to women on earth or the distance from Cape to Cairo!  Theres nothing worse than arguing a common fact that can easily be proved. Once in a while I always find myself in such conversations which can be entertaining at times but rather puzzling. it is only natural that some of us think we are always right - which is OK if you are right most of the time. I can usually tell a smart person by what they are willing to argue. They are usually not quick to make assumptions, they ask questions if they don't fully understand what you are telling them and never pretend to know what they don't know. If I say something and you do not believe me - please google it. After you've done enough research to support your argument then you can get back to me. Check out the UN fact sheets, the Harvard medical Journal, CNN.com to make sure that I am not making it up. Google is your friend! If I say something that you disagree with but you do not know for sure whether I am right or wrong don't just assume I am wrong because I am not as smart, experienced, educated etc as you are. Yes not everything you read, not all research, studies etc are accurate but being the normal thinking human being that you are, you should be able to sift through the nonsense. Using our little population factoid, if after checking out the stats on the UN site and learning that more male babies are born etc on other credible websites - you still believe that as of today (7/27/2011 - subject to change as the years go by), there are more females than males on earth please google..."not the sharpest pencil in the box!"