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Interesting. Do you have any sources where I could read about it? Flynn effect is fascinating me - if it holds in the future we'll have, in developed nations,
by foobar2020 8y ago
Interesting. Do you have any sources where I could read about it?
Flynn effect is fascinating me - if it holds in the future we'll have, in developed nations, an average IQ of 130 (by today's standards) in 100 years. That's a LOT. It'd, roughly, mean that ~17% of people would be capable of graduating from today's Ivy League schools without problems (145 IQ or more). And there would still be the (new) top 0.5%. But whether it will hold is anyone's guess.
- simonsarris 8y agoFlynn most recently has been giving talks about the reverse Flynn effect. It isn't holding, especially in isolated populations that are easy to measure like Iceland.
- MagnumOpus 8y agoFlynn effect stopped in the 1980s and even reversed since then. Most probably it was due to the increasing ubiquity of K-12 education and fewer bad childrearing habits (smoking/drinking while pregnant, lead exposure, no vitamins).
- stcredzero 8y agoThe Flynn Effect in Britain, Kenya, and Dominica: Black IQ Gains in Britain, Kenya and Dominica https://robertlindsay.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/black-iq-gains-in-britain-kenya-and-dominica/ https://robertlindsay.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/black-iq-gain... Eyeferth Study -- Children of Black American servicemen in Germany had the same average IQ as German children: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyferth_study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyferth_study Thomas Sowell's survey of the work of Arthur Jensen and others. Basically, the patterns around the Flynn Effect are everywhere, and it shows up in Black populations as well. There is also a mention of a study of Black children raised by white families, which found the average IQ of that population to be 106. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/27/archives/new-light-on-black-iq.html https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/27/archives/new-light-on-bla...