Global IQs are Dropping 7 Pnts per Generation

[JimBowie1958]

Idiocracy, here we come.

Dems may achieve average IQ some day.

Everyone’s IQ Is Falling Worldwide And Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why

At the time of the new study, a team of researchers from the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research of Norway analyzed 230,000 IQ results of men that joined the national service between 1970 and 2009. The team has found that for each generation, the score dropped for about seven points on average.
However, this does not exactly mean that we are getting dumber though. This has not also stopped a lot of experts from finding the results of the Norwegian study to be incredibly troubling for humanity.
One person, named Stuart Ritchie of the University of Edinburgh, who was not involved in the study, said:
This is actually the most convincing evidence yet of a reversal of the Flynn Effect. If you assume that their model is correct, the results are going to be impressive, as well as pretty worrying.
During his decades-long research, the London-based researcher, named Edward Dutton, found similar results. He has found that in a few Western countries, which include Germany and France, the average IQ dropped.
He was also part of the documentary ‘Tomorrow; Everyone’s an Idiot,’ in which he claimed:
We are becoming stupider. This is occurring, and it is not going to go away. We would have to try to think about what we are going to do about it.​

 

[Mac1958]

Idiocracy, here we come.

Dems may achieve average IQ some day.

Everyone’s IQ Is Falling Worldwide And Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why

At the time of the new study, a team of researchers from the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research of Norway analyzed 230,000 IQ results of men that joined the national service between 1970 and 2009. The team has found that for each generation, the score dropped for about seven points on average.
However, this does not exactly mean that we are getting dumber though. This has not also stopped a lot of experts from finding the results of the Norwegian study to be incredibly troubling for humanity.
One person, named Stuart Ritchie of the University of Edinburgh, who was not involved in the study, said:
This is actually the most convincing evidence yet of a reversal of the Flynn Effect. If you assume that their model is correct, the results are going to be impressive, as well as pretty worrying.
During his decades-long research, the London-based researcher, named Edward Dutton, found similar results. He has found that in a few Western countries, which include Germany and France, the average IQ dropped.
He was also part of the documentary ‘Tomorrow; Everyone’s an Idiot,’ in which he claimed:
We are becoming stupider. This is occurring, and it is not going to go away. We would have to try to think about what we are going to do about it.​

This wouldn't be surprising. If true, I'd certainly think that reliance on tech and its associated mind-numbing qualities plays a significant role.
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[candycorn]

It would explain Trump and Prime Minister May. The English seem to be in a mood to correct their mistake. We shall see if the U.S. is equally yoked.

 

[Mac1958]

Everyone’s IQ Is Falling Worldwide And Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why

Skimming through this piece, I wonder about the geography of the testing in the study. In other words, I wonder if the study was conducted only in the more advanced countries, which are clearly more reliant on technology. I wonder if the same phenomenon is taking place in "less developed" countries as well. The piece seems to suggest that tech is not an issue.

It does say "At the time of the new study, a team of researchers from the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research of Norway analyzed 230,000 IQ results of men that joined the national service between 1970 and 2009. The team has found that for each generation, the score dropped for about seven points on average."
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[MisterBeale]

It would explain Trump and Prime Minister May. The English seem to be in a mood to correct their mistake. We shall see if the U.S. is equally yoked.

The article is talking about you doofus. Stop being an idiot.


The elites thought the public was so dumb they would elect someone as corrupt as Hillary, so they put someone as awful as Trump against her to make it a certainty. What they didn't count on is being outsmarted.

Wise up.

 

[candycorn]

It would explain Trump and Prime Minister May. The English seem to be in a mood to correct their mistake. We shall see if the U.S. is equally yoked.

The article is talking about you doofus. Stop being an idiot.


The elites thought the public was so dumb they would elect someone as corrupt as Hillary, so they put someone as awful as Trump against her to make it a certainty. What they didn't count on is being outsmarted.

Wise up.

Really? I wasn't interviewed.

I doubt it was about me.....

Are you always this retarded?

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

 

[SweetSue92]

It would explain Trump and Prime Minister May. The English seem to be in a mood to correct their mistake. We shall see if the U.S. is equally yoked.

And right on cue, here comes a mind numbing comment about "TRUMP" as if to prove the point

 

[JimBowie1958]

It would explain Trump and Prime Minister May. The English seem to be in a mood to correct their mistake. We shall see if the U.S. is equally yoked.

And right on cue, here comes a mind numbing comment about "TRUMP" as if to prove the point

the point is on the top of their pointy heads

 

[JimBowie1958]

Everyone’s IQ Is Falling Worldwide And Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why

Skimming through this piece, I wonder about the geography of the testing in the study. In other words, I wonder if the study was conducted only in the more advanced countries, which are clearly more reliant on technology. I wonder if the same phenomenon is taking place in "less developed" countries as well. The piece seems to suggest that tech is not an issue.

It does say "At the time of the new study, a team of researchers from the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research of Norway analyzed 230,000 IQ results of men that joined the national service between 1970 and 2009. The team has found that for each generation, the score dropped for about seven points on average."
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From the article:

Other research about the dropping of IQ has found that it does not have to do with genetics. Across the familiar spectrum, IQs are falling everywhere, turning this into more of nature, and not a nurture problem.

The researchers on the study also explained that the trends are not because of the changing composition of families, and that there is at most a minor role for explanations involving genes (for instance imagination and dysgenic fertility), as well as environmental factors which are largely fixed within families (for instance parental education, socialization effects of low-ability parents, and family size). The influence of these factors is negligible compared with some other environmental factors.
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The primary source for the article is one particular study which was of western European nations, but other studies are also cited and incorporated into the results, apparently and indicate this is truly a global phenomenon.

 

[Mac1958]

Everyone’s IQ Is Falling Worldwide And Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why

Skimming through this piece, I wonder about the geography of the testing in the study. In other words, I wonder if the study was conducted only in the more advanced countries, which are clearly more reliant on technology. I wonder if the same phenomenon is taking place in "less developed" countries as well. The piece seems to suggest that tech is not an issue.

It does say "At the time of the new study, a team of researchers from the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research of Norway analyzed 230,000 IQ results of men that joined the national service between 1970 and 2009. The team has found that for each generation, the score dropped for about seven points on average."
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From the article:

Other research about the dropping of IQ has found that it does not have to do with genetics. Across the familiar spectrum, IQs are falling everywhere, turning this into more of nature, and not a nurture problem.

The researchers on the study also explained that the trends are not because of the changing composition of families, and that there is at most a minor role for explanations involving genes (for instance imagination and dysgenic fertility), as well as environmental factors which are largely fixed within families (for instance parental education, socialization effects of low-ability parents, and family size). The influence of these factors is negligible compared with some other environmental factors.
​

The primary source for the article is one particular study which was of western European nations, but other studies are also cited and incorporated into the results, apparently and indicate this is truly a global phenomenon.

Pretty freakin' interesting.
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[JimBowie1958]

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The primary source for the article is one particular study which was of western European nations, but other studies are also cited and incorporated into the results, apparently and indicate this is truly a global phenomenon.

Pretty freakin' interesting.
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We are going to need our cybernetic AI and link to the internet sooner rather than later, along with genetically engineered boosts to intelligence.

 

[depotoo]

Teaching victimhood rather than the keys to successful life choices.

Everyone’s IQ Is Falling Worldwide And Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why

Skimming through this piece, I wonder about the geography of the testing in the study. In other words, I wonder if the study was conducted only in the more advanced countries, which are clearly more reliant on technology. I wonder if the same phenomenon is taking place in "less developed" countries as well. The piece seems to suggest that tech is not an issue.

It does say "At the time of the new study, a team of researchers from the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research of Norway analyzed 230,000 IQ results of men that joined the national service between 1970 and 2009. The team has found that for each generation, the score dropped for about seven points on average."
.

From the article:

Other research about the dropping of IQ has found that it does not have to do with genetics. Across the familiar spectrum, IQs are falling everywhere, turning this into more of nature, and not a nurture problem.

The researchers on the study also explained that the trends are not because of the changing composition of families, and that there is at most a minor role for explanations involving genes (for instance imagination and dysgenic fertility), as well as environmental factors which are largely fixed within families (for instance parental education, socialization effects of low-ability parents, and family size). The influence of these factors is negligible compared with some other environmental factors.
​

The primary source for the article is one particular study which was of western European nations, but other studies are also cited and incorporated into the results, apparently and indicate this is truly a global phenomenon.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Teaching victimhood rather than the keys to successful life choices.

I think the tests are designed to factor out life attitudes, etc.

 

[Indeependent]

Will eating candy corn increase one’s IQ?

 

[JimBowie1958]

Will eating candy corn increase one’s IQ?

I dont even know her, and isnt that kind of personal?

 

[Carl in Michigan]

It would explain Trump and Prime Minister May. The English seem to be in a mood to correct their mistake. We shall see if the U.S. is equally yoked.

Obama was smart!

 

[Indeependent]

Will eating candy corn increase one’s IQ?

I dont even know her, and isnt that kind of personal?

I fed you that one!

 

[MisterBeale]

It would explain Trump and Prime Minister May. The English seem to be in a mood to correct their mistake. We shall see if the U.S. is equally yoked.

The article is talking about you doofus. Stop being an idiot.


The elites thought the public was so dumb they would elect someone as corrupt as Hillary, so they put someone as awful as Trump against her to make it a certainty. What they didn't count on is being outsmarted.

Wise up.

Really? I wasn't interviewed.

I doubt it was about me.....

Are you always this retarded?

These folks don't need to interview you. If you understand how statistics work, they have samples, they can do this without you just fine. They have folks that think and act just like you.



When I don't conform to government and corporate conspiracy theories that have little to no evidence to back them up, you call ME the tin foil hatter, but you accept their explanations with little to no proof. What it tells me, is you do little to no, actual READING. I can tell from the way you post, you just regurgitate what you see and hear, with very little, if any actual critical thinking. This bespeaks of someone who does little if any reading and reflection. Don't worry, from what I read on this forum, you are not alone.

THIS, in a nutshell is the primary source and hypothesized cause for this declined which started in the seventies. Mac might wish to associate it with tech, but it started before then.


This is the article that the blog post the OP was based on. It would shock me if you read it.

We Are All Getting Dumber, New Science Proves, and No One Is Sure Why
Are our terrible diets, bad schools, tech obsession, and increasingly trashy media to blame?
We Are All Getting Dumber, New Science Proves, and No One Is Sure Why


". . . So we know that the culprit is nurture rather than nature (or, sorry xenophobes, migration), but scientists are still baffled as to what exact aspect of modern life is driving the decline. Some have proposed that our tech obsession might be to blame, but as the decline started in the 1970s, well before everyone spent their days staring at screens, that can't be the whole story.

Other proposed explanations are unhealthy modern diets, increasingly trashy media, or a decline in the quality of schooling or the prevalence of reading.. . . "

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I'm ashamed to say, I have only read 12 books so far this year, a new low for me. I had another surgery. What's your excuse?

 

[jwoodie]

Modern entertainment requires little or no participation, thus circumventing the reasoning parts of the brain.