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EXCLUSIVE As research warns IQ is falling for first time EVER.... our map reveals average scores in every US state
Daily Mail UK ^ | May 4, 2024 | Nikki Main

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 ...


TOPICS: Education; Science
KEYWORDS: education; intelligence; iq; logic
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To: Morgana

Caused by global warming of course.


41 posted on 05/04/2024 6:55:36 AM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: PghBaldy
... we are importing morons

Along with their cultures and their DNA. The founders were certainly on to something with that NBC provision.

42 posted on 05/04/2024 6:57:51 AM PDT by frog in a pot (If election officials ignore voting laws, illegal aliens will be able to vote as told.)
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To: Morgana

Not just the loss of IQ that concerns me. It is the huge loss of common sense. The movie Idiocracy is a documentary.


43 posted on 05/04/2024 6:58:54 AM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: Morgana

Elsewhere today on FR there is a discussion on the uses of AI. As IQs declines who will have the ability to judge or evaluate the AI’s performance or will there have to be separate AI platforms to perform those functions as well. It all suggests human intellect is on the wain and where that leads is anyone’s guess.


44 posted on 05/04/2024 7:01:13 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Morgana

45 posted on 05/04/2024 7:02:56 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])
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To: Chad C. Mulligan
They wrote a story about you, Chad.

Too bad you'll only understand some of it...   

Don't worry, though - there are pictures, and maybe even some video. 

46 posted on 05/04/2024 7:03:55 AM PDT by kiryandil (Democrat Party operatives! Attack Kristi Noem because she's an effective woman!)
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To: Blueflag

Are you suggesting that it might have something to do with the demographics? How racist! Off to the gulag with you!


47 posted on 05/04/2024 7:05:09 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Morgana

Um, no.

It’s been collectively dipping for decades, evidenced by the rapid fire public opinions framed around TWA800, 9/11, election of Zero, the virus then the 2016 election and Russian Collusion.

Everything collectively may be classified as “an orgy of evidence,”, making this article framed as “DUH!”

So, then: Where’ve you been the past 30 years, Nikki?

(perhaps it may be explained by the fact that she’s been a functional adult for only a few years, huh?)

/s


48 posted on 05/04/2024 7:05:44 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: iontheball

Wane, not wain.


49 posted on 05/04/2024 7:05:54 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Morgana

Dark little secret is this is tied closely with our immigration patterns.

Honestly no pun intended.


50 posted on 05/04/2024 7:06:12 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: Morgana

A pdf is available - here is a link to the journal:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289623000156?via%3Dihub


51 posted on 05/04/2024 7:10:44 AM PDT by PsyCon
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To: escapefromboston

The NEA and MSM can take a bow TOO


52 posted on 05/04/2024 7:11:20 AM PDT by SMARTY ("A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." Tennyson)
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To: Morgana
Human intelligence scores are dropping across the US for the first time, research suggests

RESEARCH SUGGESTS???

All you have to do is walk out your front door and the proof is right in front of you!

53 posted on 05/04/2024 7:14:21 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Morgana
and experts warn technology could be to blame.

Lack of fathers in our households and the use of technology.

54 posted on 05/04/2024 7:15:57 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: SaveFerris
Yes it did

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55 posted on 05/04/2024 7:16:38 AM PDT by dznutz
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To: dznutz

And he STILL would have been better
than the Manchurian Candidate 😄😆🤣😹


56 posted on 05/04/2024 7:19:06 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris
This guy was even better.

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57 posted on 05/04/2024 7:23:15 AM PDT by dznutz
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To: Morgana

The direct result of 52 million illegal immigrants, with an average IQ of 70, 75% of whom are military aged males.

The 30 point drop in the average IQ is simply one of the early indicators of the sh!tstorm this nation faces in the next few years,


58 posted on 05/04/2024 7:27:38 AM PDT by Natty Bumppo@frontier.net (We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous w)
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To: Morgana

Gee, I wonder what the cause might be?


59 posted on 05/04/2024 7:28:05 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Morgana

All you have to do is read news articles to see that. People lacking in standard composition skills are graduating college with journalism degrees.

The “dumbing down” (or ramping up of indoctrination) that began in public schools around the 80s is paying off for the NWO scum.


60 posted on 05/04/2024 7:28:29 AM PDT by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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