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>We haven’t gotten stupider as a species in 30 years I'm honestly not sure that's true. On top of anecdotes (in my grandfather's generation, the norm was to fl
by avip 8y ago
>We haven’t gotten stupider as a species in 30 years
I'm honestly not sure that's true. On top of anecdotes (in my grandfather's generation, the norm was to fluently speak 3-4 languages), go ask any STEM prof. with 20+ mileage about the general math, science and logic literacy of students nowadays.
- impendia 8y agoI'm a math professor at a US state university. I once asked one of my older colleagues whether our students had gotten better or worse over the years. About the same, he said.
- jcranmer 8y ago> On top of anecdotes (in my grandfather's generation, the norm was to fluently speak 3-4 languages) I'm not aware of anyone in my grandfather's generation that can speak more than one language fluently. The fact that my grandparents grew up on farms on the edge of the Dust Bowl may have something to do with that, but I rather suspect you're attempting to compare a tiny subset of the population in the past against the majority of the public today.
- avip 8y agoI agree and that’s why it was framed as an anecdote.
- spacenick88 8y agoThat's almost certainly "rosy past" bias. Even Aristoteles is said to have complained about the terrible youth.
- cafard 8y agoI think that professors judge their own generation by their peer group, and the current generation by their classes.