When teachers and talk show radio hosts moan about the decline of America's youth, they point out how so few kids can name all 50 American States yet can identify all twelve billion of Nintendo's Pokemon with seemingly no effort.
(The secret here is that Pokemon are fun and exciting where as geography is not. Oh wait, that's not a secret.)
For all the lamentations of our teacher-women (and teacher-men), it seems as if the generation that grew up with Ash Ketchum is ahead of the old fuddy-duddies. This GamesRadar feature indicates that the geeks control Wikipedia and they who control Wikipedia, control the Earth.
So what matters are given the most attention in the digital tome of knowledge that will soon be passed on to our children? Is it religion? Is it the rich history of the forefathers who founded the free world?
No, fool. Knuckles the Echidna takes precedence over all. Get your priorities straight.
Indeed, Sonic's sulky red buddy has 7,832 words dedicated to his life and history on Wikipedia. By contrast, God commands only 3,726.
Want to learn about the habits and motivations of history's worst serial killers? Wikipedia can help you out a bit with 5,602 words on the topic, which is not a bad start. But if you have to write a thesis about the bosses from Mega Man X, you're in luck: Wikipedia can help you with 8,746 words! Storm Eagle has never been laid so bare.
And what's more important than learning about the ethnic groups of Europe? Only Pokemon types, Halo races, the Orcs of Middle Earth...