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i see 'outrage culture' being a big part. instead of thinking and talking, it's easier to just say 'bigot-racist-homophobe'.

tastygreenapple 7y ago
Also, those most outraged are currently importing massive amounts of third worlders into developed countries. Mean IQ of a population decreases when millions of lower-IQ people enter that population.
- stOneskull 7y ago
  the citizens in 1984 would have a lower IQ because of what they're allowed to think. and i see groups, whether they're left, right, whatever, like mirrors, each thinking their group is the 'good guys' and they maintain the party line even if it isn't their own thought. that cognitive dissonance leads to other IQ-lowering factors like medications and violence.
  - chillacy 7y ago
    IQ is a psychometric measurement and the best ones are "culture independent" like a bunch of matrix rotations or memorizing sequences of numbers. You can have a high IQ and still live in a political bubble (actually most of us probably do, regardless of IQ)
- rfrey 7y ago
  Do you have evidence that economic migrants are lower IQ than people in more affluent countries?
  - RedComet 7y ago
    Just take a look at the average IQ of the countries that the migrants are coming from vs their destinations.
  - tastygreenapple 7y ago
    I thought it was sufficiently common knowledge that Africa and the parts of Eurasia that produce refugees have lower average IQs than the parts of the world that receive refugees: https://brainstats.com/average-iq-by-country.html https://brainstats.com/average-iq-by-country.html
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- ignoranceprior 7y ago
  The linked article addresses the shortcomings of this explanation: > One potential explanation was quasi-eugenic. As in the movie “Idiocracy,” it was suggested that average intelligence is being pulled down because lower-IQ families are having more children ("dysgenic fertility" is the technical term). Alternatively, widening immigration might be bringing less-intelligent newcomers to societies with otherwise higher IQs. > However, a 2018 study of Norway has punctured these theories by showing that IQs are dropping not just across societies but within families. In other words, the issue is not that educated Norwegians are increasingly outnumbered by lower-IQ immigrants or the children of less-educated citizens. Even children born to high-IQ parents are slipping down the IQ ladder. > Some environmental factor — or collection of factors — is causing a drop in the IQ scores of parents and their own children, and older kids and their younger siblings. One leading explanation is that the rise of lower-skill service jobs has made work less intellectually demanding, leaving IQs to atrophy as people flex their brains less.

tastygreenapple 7y ago

Also, those most outraged are currently importing massive amounts of third worlders into developed countries. Mean IQ of a population decreases when millions of lower-IQ people enter that population.

stOneskull 7y ago
the citizens in 1984 would have a lower IQ because of what they're allowed to think. and i see groups, whether they're left, right, whatever, like mirrors, each thinking their group is the 'good guys' and they maintain the party line even if it isn't their own thought. that cognitive dissonance leads to other IQ-lowering factors like medications and violence.
- chillacy 7y ago
  IQ is a psychometric measurement and the best ones are "culture independent" like a bunch of matrix rotations or memorizing sequences of numbers. You can have a high IQ and still live in a political bubble (actually most of us probably do, regardless of IQ)
rfrey 7y ago
Do you have evidence that economic migrants are lower IQ than people in more affluent countries?
- RedComet 7y ago
  Just take a look at the average IQ of the countries that the migrants are coming from vs their destinations.
- tastygreenapple 7y ago
  I thought it was sufficiently common knowledge that Africa and the parts of Eurasia that produce refugees have lower average IQs than the parts of the world that receive refugees: https://brainstats.com/average-iq-by-country.html https://brainstats.com/average-iq-by-country.html
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ignoranceprior 7y ago
The linked article addresses the shortcomings of this explanation: > One potential explanation was quasi-eugenic. As in the movie “Idiocracy,” it was suggested that average intelligence is being pulled down because lower-IQ families are having more children ("dysgenic fertility" is the technical term). Alternatively, widening immigration might be bringing less-intelligent newcomers to societies with otherwise higher IQs. > However, a 2018 study of Norway has punctured these theories by showing that IQs are dropping not just across societies but within families. In other words, the issue is not that educated Norwegians are increasingly outnumbered by lower-IQ immigrants or the children of less-educated citizens. Even children born to high-IQ parents are slipping down the IQ ladder. > Some environmental factor — or collection of factors — is causing a drop in the IQ scores of parents and their own children, and older kids and their younger siblings. One leading explanation is that the rise of lower-skill service jobs has made work less intellectually demanding, leaving IQs to atrophy as people flex their brains less.