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Another vote for the Lead Hypothesis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead–crime_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead–crime_hypothesis
by _jal 7y ago
Another vote for the Lead Hypothesis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead–crime_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead–crime_hypothesis
- hckr_news 7y agoThis was my first thought.
- BurningFrog 7y agoMine too! It's crazy that almost a century of human history might have been so fundamentally influenced by this one invisible factor.
- WillDaSilva 7y agoMakes you wonder what other hidden environmental factors might be affecting us.
- jopsen 7y agoThere are many more factors. Steven Pinkers "Better Angels of our Nature" attempts yo highlight many of the reasons we are less violent today. I think poor behavior is often mitigated by the same factors.
- AQuantized 7y agoSeems unlikely. Lead typically reduces IQ, but IQ was slightly higher a generation ago in most developed countries.