Intelligence of Norwegians and Danes on the wane, say researchers

TheLocal.no ^ | 28 December 2017 09:54 CET+01:00 | Ritzau/The Local

[Olog-hai]

Intelligence levels have fallen in all Scandinavian countries, including Norway and Denmark, according to an analysis.

The study was conducted by James Flynn, a leading researcher of intelligence quotient (IQ) measurement, writes Norwegian news agency NTB.

IQ in the Scandinavian countries had been on the up for decades, but the trend has now been reversed, according to a report published by journal Intelligence.

Measures taken as part of the study have shown that, in Norway, fewer people are reaching higher levels of mathematical and linguistic ability.

The trend is similarly prominent in both Denmark and Norway and even more so in Finland. […]

An annual reduction of IQ by 0.21 percent on average has been measured in Norwegians since that year, equivalent to a 6.5 percent decrease between generations. …

[Uncle Miltie]

So funny / sad you just gotta shake your head.

[varon]

I’d love to see what the average IQ is of sharia families. Probably 85.

The 85 is the family total.......

[BfloGuy]

Since the children of high IQ parents tended to survive longer than those of low IQ, a society's intelligence tended to increase over time.

But now, with improved health care and the fact that the well-to-do have tiny families, that societal trend may have reversed.

[captain_dave]

Add a gallon of sewage to a hundred gallons of fresh water. What do you have? — a hundred and one gallons of sewage.

[blam]

Diversity is their strength.

[MoochPooch]

Just look at my postings since I joined over a decade ago. That’s a 20 point IQ decline right there.

I feel like I got smarter since I joined the FR. So many people here have enlightened me.

[Does so]

Global Warming.