“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).”
I think the NBC Journ-O-List has stumbled upon the fact that facing some adversity breeds intelligence and cunning.
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I was wondering why not here. I think you have a good theory about facing adversity or challenges. I don’t think it’s from being in poverty and having little social support but from working to avoid those things. We don’t have everything just handed to us by the government; we have to work to pay the bills and to raise families.