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The Great Pacification (review of Steven Pinker's new book)

• klenwell 15y ago
  The detail I found most interesting from the review: If the average teenager today could go back in time and take an I.Q. test from 1910, he or she would have an I.Q. of 130, which would be better than 98 percent of those taking the test then.
  • tokenadult 15y ago
    The detail you mention is called the Flynn effect. Here is a link to a lecture by James Flynn, the discoverer of the Flynn effect, on the implications of that research. http://www.psychometrics.cam.ac.uk/page/109/beyond-the-flynn-effect.htm http://www.psychometrics.cam.ac.uk/page/109/beyond-the-flynn...
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