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> The first is the Flynn effect, which was rising IQ levels decade over decade, which halted and then reserved for most Western nations around 1990s/2000s and t
by bawolff 3y ago
> The first is the Flynn effect, which was rising IQ levels decade over decade, which halted and then reserved for most Western nations around 1990s/2000s and then started to reverse a bit:
Same point in time where people started to get cell phones and be always connected to the internet.
- confidantlake 3y agoUnderrated comment. When I was growing up I would often read books and do math problems for fun because there was not much else to do. Now I am constantly on the internet watching things and using my brain very little.
- wadd1e 3y agoI'd like to offer a single datapoint(mine) on this too, I'm going to university soon and in the last few years, the fact that the internet exists has allowed me to solve interesting math problems that I would've never learnt in school
- GoblinSlayer 3y agoI was solving crosswords.
- throwaway92837 3y ago[dead]