The NEA and liberalism in general.
Perfect correlation with the rise of socialism, transism, and wokeism.
Lack of real books in the home.
Idiocracy premiered as a comedy. Today, it’s almost a documentary.
Millions of low IQ invaders invited by the the Uniparty make no difference, so causes remain a mystery, right Sen. Romney, et al?
Look at our schools today, most of them far more concerned about students sexual orientation or how dark their skin color is vs the 3 Rs.
Add to this, rowdy students being permitted to disrespect and even physically attack teachers who expect attention to be on the assignment, not on the cell phones.
Take a f’ing guess. Import the turd world, and worship the 13% millstone around our necks, and IQ will most definitely drop. the late 90s is when this illegal alien madness kicked into high gear.
This is not a serious country. Things will get far, far worse before they get better, I fear. Our “fellow” citizens are not our peers, nor can they sustain the high trust society which was built by ethnic Americans with long roots in this land.
Those who spend less time reading have more time to spend procreating.
Have you interacted with some youngsters lately? Some are awesome. Others, clueless.
Race is hugely important.
The US has had very heavy immigration for decades mostly from relatively low-Iq countries.
Granted, that does not explain some other national cases.
Saw a pre-COVID story that stated the USA was 24th in the world in math skills. However, the USA ranked first in how they *felt* about their math skills.
Massive immigration.
So a moron of today is a genius compared to a Depression era moron?
That professor of IQ tests has all kinds of reasons to disregard the results of the research.
I think they are scared that rioting and a closer look by the Eff Bee Eye would happen if they released the real findings.
Parents no longer read to their children. Nor do they value education
Climate change.
>> “It could just be that they’re getting worse at taking tests or specifically worse at taking these kinds of tests.”
Possibly. Or maybe a shift in the demographic.
Presented with an IQ challenge, the intelligent folks will no doubt desire to prove their aptitude. The general decline in education will likely hamstring the rest for various reasons including the sense of futility.
Both patriotism and aparant IQ on the decline — imagine that.
When everything is push-button and you don’t have to think about anything or use your brain, your IQ is going to drop.
The root cause is that liberals are allowed to breed.