Topic: IQ Scores Are Dropping Because of Environmental Factors - page 2. (Read 304 times)

It is not easy function well in a society of other apes when your IQ is 3 standard deviations from the average.

You have to constantly dumb it down, for your parents, your teachers, your bosses, your friends.

In school, most teachers will hate you and be constantly afraid that you are going to embarrass them in front of the class or other teachers.
At work, your not so bright bosses will be afraid of you thinking you are after their job.  So what do you do? You play it dumb so they
feel superior.
Hard to find other high IQ friends, unless you go with the flow and play it cool and dumb jock.

High IQ individuals have harder time finding suitable mates, and when they do find them, they have 1-2 children at most.

Opposite is true for people with lower IQs, they are more social, they mate more frequently, have lots of children, before and after they get married.

Try to score with a cheerleader (or any female for that matter) when you are branded a geek.  Most people are afraid of smart people.
They don't know what to say to them, they are afraid that they might say something stupid.

Being smart is not considered a desirable quality in our societies.  Being funny, dumb and cool is.

Information age plays some role too as people stopped memorizing information.  How can you make any inferences if you don't remember anything?

Diet might play some very minimal role, IMHO.

IQ was invented by racist individuals and proved to be related only to instinctive visual patterns, the chinese have the highest IQ but can't recognize basic human rights(even less animals rights)

I am concerned more about environmental factors like pollution which can haven an irreversible negative impact on intelligence of current and future generations but it's pretty difficult to find out which chemical products or pollutions are the most damaging 

Ridiculous. The average IQ levels around the world are dropping because intelligent people are breeding themselves out of existence and the retards are producing a dozen children per couple. High IQ nations, such as those in East Asia and Europe are witnessing ultra-low birth rates for some time now.

Don't forget to drink your treated water and get your flu shots kiddies.

I would think technology is to blame.... easier access to information makes people lazier.  In my day, I had to walk to the library in the snow in barefeet, 10km uphill both ways, only to find the book I wanted was already "checked out".  (That's right - books used to be hard copy and limited in quantity.)

:/

(P.S.  I am interested in reading your link, but it was censored.     )

So intelligence isn’t just inherited anymore? According to a CNN story, a new study finds that IQ scores have been falling for the past few decades and environmental factors are to blame. Although which specific environmental factors that affect intelligence remains to be explored, the study mentions nutrition and media environment as possible contributors. However, another research mentions that access to education is currently the most conclusive factor explaining disparities in intelligence. While another professor says that “the IQ test, might be outmoded in today's fast-paced world of constant technological change”
I guess this report shows how much of a hand we have in nurturing the minds of children. It’s not just good nutrition that is needed but also the quality of education and the methods used to adapt to technological changes are important too. This might also be the right time to invest in a college fund.


https://editi[Suspicious link removed]/2018/06/13/health/falling-iq-scores-study-intl/index.html