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Actually, we're doing a lot better now than we used to be, as IQ scores seem to be increasing over time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect http://en.wi
by noaharc 17y ago
Actually, we're doing a lot better now than we used to be, as IQ scores seem to be increasing over time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
I bet we'll keep on muddling through.
- vlad 17y agoActually, we're doing a lot better now than we used to be, as IQ scores seem to be increasing over time. As much as any such observation may have been measured correctly, it doesn't logically follow that intelligence itself is increasing, because of a variety of factors. The link you posted provides some of them.
- tokenadult 17y agoIQ is not the same as rationality http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300123852 http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=97803001238... http://www.amazon.com/What-Intelligence-Tests-Miss-Psychology/dp/030012385X http://www.amazon.com/What-Intelligence-Tests-Miss-Psycholog... nor is it the same thing as wisdom, as James R. Flynn himself says. http://www.amazon.com/What-Intelligence-Beyond-Flynn-Effect/dp/0521741475/ http://www.amazon.com/What-Intelligence-Beyond-Flynn-Effect/...