Are people getting dumber?

DwnWthVwls · 11-03-2014, 10:01 PM

Sophistication =/= Reliability/Accuracy, is the only point I was making.

You could very well be right, it wouldn't be the first time someone has made a skewed claim to promote their own work. I try not to pass judgment on that kind of stuff/people unless I understand the science behind it though.

OccultHawk · 01-31-2018, 11:16 AM

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...3/#!po=45.0570

I doubt anyone is going to fight through this whole thing but I think it boils down to the Flynn effect is real but they’re not sure why.

OccultHawk · 01-31-2018, 11:51 AM

It seems to me only idiots breed, especially in massive numbers

**Frownland** · 01-31-2018, 11:52 AM

Our idiots are yesterdays uh...not idiots idk

OccultHawk · 01-31-2018, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor

with the literacy rate increasing and less of the world being isolated people will know more stuff

kinda seems obvious to me

When you’re doing parent/teacher conferences and one girl comes in with both her parents all three extremely literate and then a single mom comes in with six kids none of whom can read it’s easy to get the impression the gene pool is ****ed.

I guess back in the day the stupid six didn’t even have a teacher.

The numbers say you’re right as far as I know.

OccultHawk · 01-31-2018, 12:32 PM

I’m feeling lazy so I’m not going to check this but my understanding is there hasn’t been a notable evolutionary change in the human brain for a 100,000 years, at least that’s been identified.

**Frownland** · 01-31-2018, 12:47 PM

It's less of a physical change in the brain and more how we use it, but it seems like people are able to comprehend abstract concepts more readily due to increased communication/global consciousness. We're not getting more in-depth with our thinking, but we are able to at least humour things that either indirectly affect our lives or don't affect us personally at all.

OccultHawk · 01-31-2018, 12:59 PM

This isn’t directly related but pretty interesting. I read in a reliable source yesterday that 400 million people in India live without electricity and have little to no contact with anyone who does. They’re not in cities but they’re in villages that have no connection to any power grid.

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...3/#!po=45.0570 I doubt anyone is going to fight through this whole thing but I think it boils down to the Flynn effect is real but they’re not sure why. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Our idiots are yesterdays uh...not idiots idk __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-31-2018, 12:32 PM	#26 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I’m feeling lazy so I’m not going to check this but my understanding is there hasn’t been a notable evolutionary change in the human brain for a 100,000 years, at least that’s been identified. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

01-31-2018, 12:47 PM	#27 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	It's less of a physical change in the brain and more how we use it, but it seems like people are able to comprehend abstract concepts more readily due to increased communication/global consciousness. We're not getting more in-depth with our thinking, but we are able to at least humour things that either indirectly affect our lives or don't affect us personally at all. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-31-2018, 12:59 PM	#28 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	This isn’t directly related but pretty interesting. I read in a reliable source yesterday that 400 million people in India live without electricity and have little to no contact with anyone who does. They’re not in cities but they’re in villages that have no connection to any power grid. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html