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  • Smartphones: Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury Good

    07/30/2025 3:46:19 AM PDT · by Cronos · 25 replies
    New York times ^ | With July 2025 | Mary Harrington
    When I was a kid in the 1980s, my parents sent me to a Waldorf school in England. At the time, the school discouraged parents from allowing their kids to watch too much TV, instead telling them to emphasize reading, hands-on learning and outdoor play. I chafed at the stricture then. But perhaps they were on to something: Today I don’t watch much TV and I still read a lot. Since my school days, however, a far more insidious and enticing form of tech has taken hold: the internet, especially via smartphones. These days I know I have to put...
  • Renorming IQ Tests Due To Flynn Effect May Have Unintended Consequences

    10/22/2003 7:54:09 AM PDT · by boris · 7 replies · 595+ views
    Science Daily ^ | 10-20-2003
    Source: American Psychological Association Date: 2003-10-20 Renorming IQ Tests Due To Flynn Effect May Have Unintended Consequences WASHINGTON -- The steady rising of IQ scores over the last century – known as the Flynn effect – causes IQ tests norms to become obsolete over time. To counter this effect, IQ tests are "renormed" (made harder) every 15-20 years by resetting the mean score to 100 to account for the previous gains in IQ scores. But according to new research, such renorming may have unintended consequences, particularly in the area of special education placements for children with borderline or mild mental...