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I wonder if this has anything to do with the correlative studies that showed that higher IQ individuals have less children on average. https://en.wikipedia.org
by q1w2 5y ago
I wonder if this has anything to do with the correlative studies that showed that higher IQ individuals have less children on average.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence
- pedrosorio 5y agohigher IQ individuals having less children should lead to a decrease of average IQ, whereas the parent cites a reported 3 point increase per decade
- BatFastard 5y agoAs much as IQ tests want to say they test raw intelligence, education plays a major role in how well you score. And we are better educated as a society than we were 100 years ago.
- jVinc 5y agoWhen looking at IQ increase over time, you control for education and socioeconomic factors, otherwise you're just drawing conclusions from those factors.
- philosopher1234 5y agoHow can you control for education when education itself has changed?