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The relation between IQ tests and intelligence aside, I thought that the "downward slide" argument was at odds with the Flynn effect (a significant, upward tren

The relation between IQ tests and intelligence aside, I thought that the "downward slide" argument was at odds with the Flynn effect (a significant, upward trend in IQ scores over the past century or so): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect

zerostar07 14y ago
Though it would be hard to attribute that to natural selection.
- danielbarla 14y ago
  Sure, but put another way, the article is making predictions which don't seem to fit the data.
  - chm 14y ago
    But he's measuring gene expression, which is not a subjective science. Measuring IQ, on the contrary, is.
    - a_bonobo 14y ago
      Crabtree is measuring nothing, his arguments are just based on assumptions, there is no gene expression data in these two papers.