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There are plenty of reasons to question whether the Flynn effect (rise in IQ test scores) actually reflects increases in general intelligence rather than testin
by titzer 5y ago
There are plenty of reasons to question whether the Flynn effect (rise in IQ test scores) actually reflects increases in general intelligence rather than testing skills. Just now, reviewing the Wikipedia article on the subject, I don't see how the Flynn effect is incompatible with the mass psychosis induced by political polarization. People can excel at their jobs and yet rant absurd conspiracies as soon as they get triggered by the wrong political BS.
- vorpalhex 5y agoHere's a meta-analysis of 281 studies that found very strong support for the Flynn Effect: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152423/
- titzer 5y agoI am not disputing the numbers. Read my comment again.
- vorpalhex 5y ago> There are plenty of reasons to question whether the Flynn effect (rise in IQ test scores) actually reflects increases in general intelligence rather than testing skills. The Flynn effect appears to reflect increases in general intelligence unless you believe world wide testing scores all have the same bias, across different tests.
- marcosdumay 5y agoHum, there is very clearly a test taking skill that is independent of the tests contents. As tests were less important a few generations ago, it's perfectly possible that people were unprepared for them.