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"There is no objective evidence that we are getting any more intelligent than past intellectuals..." Doesn't the Flynn Effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly
by chadgeidel 12y ago
"There is no objective evidence that we are getting any more intelligent than past intellectuals..."
Doesn't the Flynn Effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect) counter that claim?
- kachnuv_ocasek 12y agoNo, that only concerns intelligence test scores.
- peterfirefly 12y agoReally? How about the part of the Flynn effect that is caused by improved (micro) nutrition? In other words, adding iodine to salt improved IQ scores (in areas where the soil was deficient) -- but it also improved real intelligence. I consider it likely that some of the Flynn effect is an artefact due to schooling, newspapers, books, TV, computer games, etc, but some of it seems to be very real.