this is confusing to me
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Other research has suggested an apparent rise in I.Q. scores since the 1940s, a phenomenon known as the Flynn Effect. But Dr. te Nijenhuis suggested the Flynn Effect reflects the influence of environmental factors -- such as better education, hygiene and nutrition -- and may mask the true decline in genetically inherited intelligence in the Western world.
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wouldn't those be included in how intelligence is monitored throughout history??
but even still I have no idea how you actually rate different era's of intelligence in the first place, or why it would even matter. Looking at these kinds of things in a vacuum is pretty useless imo.