Posted on 05/22/2019 1:15:45 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
People are getting dumber. That's not a judgment; it's a global fact. In a host of leading nations, IQ scores have started to decline.
Though there are legitimate questions about the relationship between IQ and intelligence, and broad recognition that success depends as much on other virtues like grit, IQ tests in use throughout the world today really do seem to capture something meaningful and durable. Decades of research have shown that individual IQ scores predict things such as educational achievement and longevity. More broadly, the average IQ score of a country is linked to economic growth and scientific innovation.
Even children born to high-IQ parents are slipping down the IQ ladder.
So if IQ scores are really dropping, that could not only mean 15 more seasons of the Kardashians, but also the potential end of progress on all these other fronts, ultimately leading to fewer scientific breakthroughs, stagnant economies and a general dimming of our collective future.
As yet, the United States hasn’t hit this IQ wall — despite what you may be tempted to surmise from the current state of the political debate. But don’t rush to celebrate American exceptionalism: If IQs are dropping in other advanced countries but not here, maybe that means we’re not really an advanced country (too much poverty, too little social support).
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Proven prophetic, especially beginning in the year 2008.
Life imitates Hollywood sometimes. Unfortunately.
That hardly seems possible.
Take me to your leader!!
“...and coddled modern people have no clue what having a bad day used to really mean to human beings.”
Saber Toothed Tigers? ;)
Hey you actually said something funny for once instead of just bitching and moaning.
Floride in drinking water?
Ha, for years, I never cared, because I’d have had to go somewhere to take a test, but then after my SAT scores got inflated over the years, I found that that qualified me. I joined and then realized like the Butler’s Union on The Nanny, they were just in it for the dues, and let my membership lapse.
“Even children born to high-IQ parents are slipping down the IQ ladder.”
That may just be regression to the mean, not indicative of a downtrend.
People who post memes, watch super hero movies and play video games are on the same side of the bell.
Not related to the topic but
“The threshold I.Q. level for a diagnosis of mental retardation has been progressively lowered over the years, in part because of awareness of the damaging social prejudice suffered by those labeled “retarded.” In 1959, the American Association on Mental Deficiency set 85 as the I.Q. below which a person was considered to be retarded.In 1992, the renamed American Association on Mental Retardation lowered the mental retardation “ceiling” to an I.Q. of 70-75,but many mental health specialists argue that people with I.Q.s of up to 80 may also have mental retardation. Flexibility in the I.Q. standard is important because tests given at different times may show slight variations due to differences in the tests and because of testing error — the standard error measurement on I.Q. tests is generally three to five points.”
And don't forget about their distant cousins who didn't survive as long ...
Saber Tithed Toogers ...
Public Schools do not teach anymore. If you do not learn multiplication tables, algebra, English grammar, spelling tests, write, read classics you’re going to be stupid.
No encyclopedias in the home, learning to Google before you’ve learned to learn also make you stupid.
Video games, failing to interact with real people in real situations, not cooking (following a recipe makes you stupid.
They vote for people that want to give them things. And praise them while villifying other groups. Free things and ego boosts.
I blame the ironically named “smart” phones.
Instead of most kids going out, exploring and learning how the world works, they sit there poking a screen all day. The more affluent, the more of these screen gadgets they have.
When a storm knocked out power for a week here, I spotted ghost white children I’ve never seen before emerging from their basements and looking for phone signals like zombies.
There’s your IQ drain...
The number one characteristic of liberalism is to profess that everybody else is stupid and they’re so smart and therefore they should be in charge
As a conservative with a free and open mind ,one should quickly discern it when someone wants to try to bring up oh everybody else is getting so dumb argument which it mediately be cast aside
Worry about your own self and your own smarts had at the most your children otherwise just leave us the hell alone
thanks
Oh and by the way some of the greatest and nicest people I know are “dumb” and some of the biggest assholes insurance on the planet are “smart”
IQ test be raciss!
How much are the dues?
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