I know the comment was intended to be humorous but I have to reply...
I'm one of those dumb Cajuns from Louisiana. I'd rather them (#48) and those Texans (#28), Tennesseans (#35), and/or Kentuckians (#16) have my back than all those "smart" and well-educated people from #1 Massachusetts, #2 Connecticut, #3 New Jersey, etc. At least if I look over my shoulder I won't have to worry about them sticking a knife into it or if they are still there. Dumb-asses like that, probably dressed in rags and bare-foot stood with my ancestors and their friends at the Battle of New Orleans and gave the well-equipped, battle-hardened, and numerically superior British force a good ass-whupping. And I am confident they will do it again, without hesitation, should the need arise.
There is no way MA is number one if education is the actual metric being rated.