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Posted on 09/19/2014 8:54:22 AM PDT by fishtank
Are We Evolving Stupidity?
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Are we dumber than our grandparents?
Social psychologists are tracking IQ scores and noticed a decline in the last decade after a steady rise since the 1950s. Some wonder if the recent downturn reflects genes that have been eroding all along. Are we evolving stupidity?
The concept of eroding genes—steadily but slowly marred by new slightly harmful mutations that occur every generation—has its proponents and detractors. New Scientist consultant Bob Holmes wrote, “The most controversial explanation is that rising IQ scores have been hiding a decline in our genetic potential.”1
Holmes reviewed IQ score trends from Denmark, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Denmark, the UK, and Sweden. They show similarly rapid rises in postwar test results that peaked in the 1990s, and have steady declined since then.
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This should be a good thread.
Oh, but we can play video games so well, now!!!
yes.
Depends.
If one is progressive, the IQ is most definitely reduced.
Even if the parents were progressives also.
My personal belief is that mankind has been “de-evolving” since the garden.
But that’s just me.
Yes we are
We are dumber than in my youth....1950s -70s
Its the demographic seismic shift and subsequent IQ lags they bring
Equal in Gods eyes only.
Nah, we’re not evolving, we’re simply acclamating, or a function of nurture. We don’t have to exert intellect, then the intellect atrophies. We are potentially much smarter, but we don’t nurture the mind.
Yep. Mike Judge was prophetic with “Idiocracy”.
OH NOES! We're all becoming clams!!!1!!1
Looks like they were right.
And just to speed things up a bit...some in this country would like to make POT more accessible so the little snowflakes that are already as dumb as a bag of hammers can become even dumber...Yyyaaayyyy us.
Just because you can do it, doesn’t mean you should do it. ~ Wise Navy Chief
Adam was created with the optimal and most perfect set of genetic data,
and we’ve been losing it ever since.
The welfare state prevents natural selection from weeding out the defectives. As a matter of fact, the welfare state selects FOR defectives.
Hold on. Shut up. Shut up! I’ll base your *** on my fist! In your face, ***! Shut up! Yeah! Won’t Shut up! Come in here and not shut up. Yeah, you’re like “I’m not shuttin’ up...”
How many of us can hand write a letter with correct spelling. How many of us can actually solve algebraic equations with pencil and paper. How many of us can recall defintions/facts from memory without having to Google? being less smart or able to do old skills does not necessarily equate to stupidity. Common sense is another matter though.
Yeah it is called Liberalism.
The most important IQ is the one involving Survival and how we live. You don’t need an IQ test to look around and see thing are going massively down hill.
Not dumber, less wisdom.
Common sense isn’t so common anymore.
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