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That might explain why some modern children are so stupid. I have young relatives who are just gone. There’s nothing in their heads. It’s like watching a fly ba

That might explain why some modern children are so stupid. I have young relatives who are just gone. There’s nothing in their heads. It’s like watching a fly bash into a window.

dysoco 3y ago
Are you sure it's not just confirmation bias plus a bad perception of how smart you and your same-age friends were when you were young? Sounds like that to me. Kids look normal to me, some of them probably smarter than I was back when I was as kid, others not so much, it's hard to say based on only a few observations but it's probably the same it's always been.
- saiya-jin 3y ago
  This is hugely anecdotal, I can find examples of both extremes and everything in the middle around me. I think its rather good/poor parenting, parents not having enough time to raise kids properly (hint: there is never 'too much' time you spend with kids, especially young), dumbing kids down with primitive addictive screen fun or social media. Lacking a lot of social interaction can make otherwise smart kids appear... less smart, since they may be shy, lacking motivation or skill to express themselves so they can be interacted with on higher level. Once you filter all of this (and probably much more), and still see a difference on massive scale, we can start having a case.
carabiner 3y ago
It's fun to think about what society would be like if all those "kids these days" denigrations, which are thousands of years old, were objectively true. The ancient greeks must have had secret fusion reactors and AGI that our blithering idiot archaeologists have yet to uncover. Our hypersonic aircraft are no comparison to the sumerians' near-lightspeed craft. Humanity has been on a downhill trajectory since the phoenicians figured out gravity field manipulation. Secrets lost to time along with our IQ points.
jacobsenscott 3y ago
As a parent I know a lot of kids. Sounds like it is a problem with your relatives, and not kids in general.

That might explain why some modern children are so stupid. I have young relatives who are just gone. There’s nothing in their heads. It’s like watching a fly bash into a window.

dysoco 3y ago

Are you sure it's not just confirmation bias plus a bad perception of how smart you and your same-age friends were when you were young? Sounds like that to me. Kids look normal to me, some of them probably smarter than I was back when I was as kid, others not so much, it's hard to say based on only a few observations but it's probably the same it's always been.

saiya-jin 3y ago
This is hugely anecdotal, I can find examples of both extremes and everything in the middle around me. I think its rather good/poor parenting, parents not having enough time to raise kids properly (hint: there is never 'too much' time you spend with kids, especially young), dumbing kids down with primitive addictive screen fun or social media. Lacking a lot of social interaction can make otherwise smart kids appear... less smart, since they may be shy, lacking motivation or skill to express themselves so they can be interacted with on higher level. Once you filter all of this (and probably much more), and still see a difference on massive scale, we can start having a case.

carabiner 3y ago

It's fun to think about what society would be like if all those "kids these days" denigrations, which are thousands of years old, were objectively true. The ancient greeks must have had secret fusion reactors and AGI that our blithering idiot archaeologists have yet to uncover. Our hypersonic aircraft are no comparison to the sumerians' near-lightspeed craft. Humanity has been on a downhill trajectory since the phoenicians figured out gravity field manipulation. Secrets lost to time along with our IQ points.

jacobsenscott 3y ago

As a parent I know a lot of kids. Sounds like it is a problem with your relatives, and not kids in general.