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I find it revealing that the authors go from a study which demonstrates (according to them) a general drop in IQ, yet make what appears to be a big jump in pinn

by JPKab 13y ago

I find it revealing that the authors go from a study which demonstrates (according to them) a general drop in IQ, yet make what appears to be a big jump in pinning the blame for said IQ drop on the societal trend of the less educated having more children than the more educated. I get the feeling this is geared more for press and controversy than a real scientific conclusion.

616c 13y ago
Why have a peer-reviewed journal when we can talk about the documentary? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy Jokes aside, I guess I will have to read the article, would this not been the case from the beginning? How drastic are changes in IQ averages over hundreds of years? Is it possible that there highest IQ holders were not a very slim strata of society, or are we to suppose over time that the margin and spread is getting wider?