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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 09:44 PM
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Why I do not think we are heading for "Idiocracy", but the opposite direction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect

Intelligence has increased substantially over the last 100 years, people are getting smarter, not dumber.
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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 11:29 PM
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1. The Flynn effect is probably environmental. People are just as stupid as ever. n/t
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 07:10 PM
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2. IQ is indeed increasing over time
Probably this really means that people are becoming more educated, rather than more intelligent as such; though it's hard to draw the boundary between the two.
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