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IQ seems to be rising, actually. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
by kranner 7y ago
IQ seems to be rising, actually.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
- steve_musk 7y agoI assume the “Possible End of Progress” section is what the OP is referring to.
- kranner 7y agoThen “IQ” is the wrong word for it.
- nothrabannosir 7y agoNo it isn't, read the Wiki: > Research suggests that there is an ongoing reversed Flynn effect, i.e. a decline in IQ scores, in Norway, Denmark, Australia, Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, France and German-speaking countries,[4] a development which appears to have started in the 1990s.[5][6][7][8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect#Possible_end_of_progression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect#Possible_end_of_p...
- coldtea 7y agoThat's old news. The new news is that that Flynn effect has stopped around the 80s to 90s for most first world countries - and we don't know why (probably end of the effects of the "low hanging fruit" improvements like better nutrition and more nurturing environments compared to the previous centuries and so on).