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You're generally right, but missing an important detail: nutrition. We are not smarter than the subset of our predecessors who had the privilege of developing
by emiliobumachar 6y ago
You're generally right, but missing an important detail: nutrition.
We are not smarter than the subset of our predecessors who had the privilege of developing without ever starving.
- cma 6y agoHopefully a rise in atmospheric CO2 doesn't start counteracting improvements in nutrition.
- erikpukinskis 6y agoThere is evidence that overeating can lead to cognitive impairments so I’m not sure at a population level we’re ant better off.
- rsanek 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect