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Maybe the overall IQ has lowered since we set the standard of 100? :) As the movie "Idiocracy" put it, evolution does not necesserily reward intelligence.

• CapitalistCartr 12y ago
  On the contrary, raw IQ rises about 3 points per decade. The Flynn Effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
  • dragonwriter 12y ago
    OTOH, the 2012 map shows generally lower numbers than the 2007 map, which seems to suggest that Europe is running contrary to the general trend.
    • seszett 12y ago
      The whole article is about how the 2007 map was biased and how the 2012 map attempts to correct this bias. So you can't compare them the way you do it.
      • dragonwriter 12y ago
        The only thing in the article about the relation to the older map is "Since the maps above [the 2012 maps] are based on more recent data, the map shown here [the 2007 map] should be considered outdated." There's not one word in the linked piece about bias in the older map, so saying that's what the whole article is about is, well, odd.