Odin2005
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Sat Nov-05-11 09:44 PM
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Why I do not think we are heading for "Idiocracy", but the opposite direction. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effectIntelligence has increased substantially over the last 100 years, people are getting smarter, not dumber.
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Sat Nov-05-11 11:29 PM
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1. The Flynn effect is probably environmental. People are just as stupid as ever. n/t |
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Fri Nov-11-11 07:10 PM
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2. IQ is indeed increasing over time |
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Probably this really means that people are becoming more educated, rather than more intelligent as such; though it's hard to draw the boundary between the two.
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