Our technology may be getting smarter, but a provocative new study suggests human intelligence is on the decline. In fact, it indicates that Westerners have lost 14 I.Q. points on average since the Victorian Era.
What exactly explains this decline? Study co-author Dr. Jan te Nijenhuis, professor of work and organizational psychology at the University of Amsterdam, points to the fact that women of high intelligence tend to have fewer children than do women of lower intelligence. This negative association between I.Q. and fertility has been demonstrated time and again in research over the last century.
But this isn't the first evidence of a possible decline in human intelligence.
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12 comments:
These are pure facts , also I will add , fair skinned people tend to have few or even no children, while people of color including Hispanics , tend to have more children . This has been a very obvious situation in all black families in all countries.
A vote for Obama also proves people are getting dumber.
A vote for jimbo and Day prove Salisbury is full of stupid people.
The influx of third world refugees that breed like roaches certainly has something to do with these statistics.
No pun intended,but what I am about to say will make absolutely no sense to at least 90% of those who read it.Human intellect has been diluted in direct proportion to the Earths population.That FACT has been supported by an ancient theory that an intellectual allotment provided to humans will not and can not increase in volume.Therefore,the per capita intelligence can only decrease as the population increases.
.That FACT has been supported by an ancient theory that an intellectual allotment provided to humans will not and can not increase in volume.Therefore,the per capita intelligence can only decrease as the population increases.
May 25, 2013 at 9:03 AM
A fact that is supported by a theory? You're right. 90% of people are not dumb enough to believe such rubbish.
Human intellect has nothing to do with population. It is related to the ability to learn and retain knowledge.
More dumb people will lower the overall I.Q. of a population, but it is because of a lack of education, not because they exist.
9:16 be real... you cannot educate someone with a turnip for a brain.
Anonymous said...
9:16 be real... you cannot educate someone with a turnip for a brain.
May 25, 2013 at 11:04 AM
You must have one yourself if you cannot understand what was said.
Anonymous said...
9:16 be real... you cannot educate someone with a turnip for a brain.
May 25, 2013 at 11:04 AM
Teachers on the shore have known that for decades.
One must first find, hire, and allow to actually teach the lesson an intelligent teacher,professor; there in is the rub.
Anonymous said...
One must first find, hire, and allow to actually teach the lesson an intelligent teacher,professor; there in is the rub.
May 25, 2013 at 2:21 PM
Unfortunately, this also is true.
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