Posted on 05/04/2024 5:47:10 AM PDT by Morgana
Human intelligence scores are dropping across the US for the first time, research suggests, and experts warn technology could be to blame.
Since 1905, there's been a 30-point increase based on scores in logic, vocabulary, spatial reasoning and visual and mathematical problem-solving skills.
But there are signs that IQ may have dipped, according to a study last year. It found the average IQ score in the US fell from 100 to 98 last year - the first time rates have fallen since we began tracking them.
Now, separate data shows there is a gap of about eight points between states, with New Hampshire ranking first with an average IQ of 103.2.
Exactly half of US states have an average IQ of 100 or above, with New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont coming in the top four while North Dakota and Wyoming tied for the fifth spot.
Meanwhile, those ranked in the bottom five include New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Nevada, according to World Population Review.
More research needs to be conducted to determine why IQ scores are falling across the country, but one expert speculated that a drop in reading and an increase in media entertainment, like YouTube, is at fault.
There are also concerns that phones degrade our memory and recall because there is less need to store information with Google at our finger tips.
'I do suspect that increased technology use could be playing a role in impacting our nation's overall literacy levels,' Dr. Stefan Dombrowski, a psychology professor at Rider University, told DailyMail.com.
'It is well known that people who read and write more, generally score higher on IQ tests - of course, this is a chicken/egg scenario,' he continued.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Once again, let’s look at the data more discretely - by zip code and zip code cluster.
Bet it would reveal the obvious.
Why no mention of Oprah and The View as contributors?
“Bet it would reveal the obvious.”
Is it them Yogi?
I think two major issues are we are importing morons, and we have lowered standards in education for citizens.
When you have all the world’s information at your fingertips, you don’t have to actually learn anything.
They didn’t test me. I’m pretty sure that’s what brought the national average down.
Think Prime Minister Nakasone.
It's because of the areas that have taught their kids for generations not to "act white" and do "white" things like fathers raise kids. It's also because of the tons of illegals and their descendants with no initiative to teach their kids math skills like many of our fathers taught us.
Has anyone seen my copy of The Bell Curve??
Lots of non-native English speakers in the USA now.
The Biden family alone is stupid*ss enough to measurably lower the nation’s IQ.
K-12 “education” has followed the declime of colleges and universities, “teaching” - propogandizing - kids on what to think, instead of helping them learn how to think critically, for themselves.
And one thing that IQ tests test alot for is critical thinking.
“More research needs to be conducted to determine why IQ scores are falling across the country”
I’ve done the research. The results are not politically correct. There’s a clear correlation with ethnicity. As biden brings more and more illegals into the country, the ethnic proportions change.
Now that wasn’t so hard to figure out!
Or is it a cultural phenomenon?
My guess is a bit of both.
Why am I not surprised?
“Further, Higher, Faster.”
(no longer comprehended)
importing morons, and we have lowered standards in education for citizens.
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Just look at this land called USA/North America since Columbus
sailed in 1492. Importing people from other portions of the world
has been going on and today they are a larger impact upon this land.
Importing dumb people isn’t helping
Drugging up kids isn’t helping either
Bad diets aren’t helping
And I guess technology could also be a factor
Been ongoing for about 20,000 years.
In the first 10,000 or so, the early immigrants wiped out most of the Mega Fauna. Easy hunting. It was a golden age...
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