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Title: Leading Geneticist: Human Intelligence is Slowly Declining
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URL Source: http://naturalsociety.com/leading-g ... intelligence-slowly-declining/
Published: Feb 19, 2013
Author: Mike Barrett
Post Date: 2013-02-19 06:55:55 by Tatarewicz
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Views: 119
Comments: 6
Would you be surprised to hear that the human race is slowly becoming dumber, and dumber? Despite our advancements over the last tens or even hundreds of years, some ‘experts’ believe that humans are losing cognitive capabilities and becoming more emotionally unstable. One Stanford University researcher and geneticist, Dr. Gerald Crabtree, believes that our intellectual decline as a race has much to do with adverse genetic mutations. But human intelligence is suffering for other reasons as well. According to Crabtree, our cognitive and emotional capabilities are fueled and determined by the combined effort of thousands of genes. If a mutation occurred in any of of these genes, which is quite likely, then intelligence or emotional stability can be negatively impacted. Read: Citizens Eat 35 Lbs of ‘Stupidity Linked’ Ingredient Per Year “I would wager that if an average citizen from Athens of 1000 BC were to appear suddenly among us, he or she would be among the brightest and most intellectually alive of our colleagues and companions, with a good memory, a broad range of ideas, and a clear-sighted view of important issues. Furthermore, I would guess that he or she would be among the most emotionally stable of our friends and colleagues,” the geneticist began his article in the scientific journal Trends in Genetics. Further, the geneticist explains that people with specific adverse genetic mutations are more likely than ever to survive and live amongst the ‘strong.’ Darwin’s theory of ‘survival of the fittest’ is less applicable in today’s society, therefore those with better genes will not necessarily dominate in society as they would have in the past. Insanity: Genetically Modified Babies ‘Created’ In US While this hypothesis does have some merit: are genes really the primary reason for the overall cognitive decline of the human race? If humans really are lacking in intelligence more than before, it’s important to recognize other possible causes. Let’s take a look at how our food system plays a role in all of this. It’s sad, but true; our food system today is contributing to lower human intelligence across the board. The Water Supply, Fluoride is Lowering Your IQ Researchers from Harvard have found that a substance rampant in the nation’s water supply, fluoride, is lowering IQ and dumbing down the population. The researchers, who had their findings published in the prominent journal Environmental Health Perspectives, a federal government medical journal stemming from the U.S National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, concluded that ”our results support the possibility of adverse effects of fluoride exposures on children’s neurodevelopment”. “In this study we found a significant dose-response relation between fluoride level in serum and children’s IQ…This is the 24th study that has found this association”. One attorney, Paul Beeber, NYSCOF President, weighs in on the research by saying: “It’s senseless to keep subjecting our children to this ongoing fluoridation experiment to satisfy the political agenda of special-interest groups. Even if fluoridation reduced cavities, is tooth health more important than brain health? It’s time to put politics aside and stop artificial fluoridation everywhere”. Pesticides are Diminishing Human Intelligence One study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that pesticides, which are rampant among the food supply, are creating lasting changes in overall brain structure — changes that have been linked to lower intelligence levels and decreased cognitive function. Specifically, the researchers found that a pesticide known as chlorpyrifos (CPF) has been linked to ”significant abnormalities”. Further, the negative impact was found to occur even at low levels of exposure. Lead researcher Virginia Rauh, a professor at the Mailman School of Public Health, summarized the findings: “Toxic exposure during this critical period can have far-reaching effects on brain development and behavioral functioning.” Processed Foods, High Fructose Corn Syrup Making People ‘Stupid’ Following 14,000 children, British researchers uncovered the connection between processed foods and reduced IQ. After recording the children’s’ diets and analyzing questionnaires submitting by the parents, the researchers found that if children were consuming a processed diet at age 3, IQ decline could begin over the next five years. The study found that by age 8, the children had suffered the IQ decline. On the contrary, children who ate a nutrient-rich diet including fruit and vegetables were found to increase their IQ over the 3 year period. The foods considered nutrient-rich by the researchers were most likely conventional fruits and vegetables. Interestingly, one particular ingredient ubiquitous in processed foods and sugary beverages across the globe -high fructose corn syrup – has been tied to reduced IQ. The UCLA researchers coming to these findings found that HFCS may be damaging the brain functions of consumers worldwide, sabotaging learning and memory. In fact, the official release goes as far to say that high-fructose corn syrup can make you ‘stupid’. Gene mutations may have something to do with the ongoing decline in human intelligence, but let’s stop to think for a moment what we’re doing to ourselves to make this decline even more prominent. Editor’s Note: Special thanks to Matt Drudge and Drudge Report for linking to this article. Additional Sources: Rawstory Reuters About Mike Barrett: 2.thumbnail Leading Geneticist: Human Intelligence is Slowly Declining Google Plus Profile | Mike is the co-founder, editor, and primary researcher behind Natural Society. Studying the work of top natural health activists, and writing special reports for top 10 alternative health websites, Mike has written hundreds of articles and pages on how to obtain optimum wellness through natural health. Comments (798) Poster Comment: Darwin says: The real reason humanity is becoming dumber is that we have circumvented Darwinian evolution. You know, survival of the fittest and all that. We preserve the dumbest of us and protect them from removing themselves from the gene pool, then they out-breed the rest of us. Wake up social progressives. Stu says: “We need a study investigating the correlation between progressivism and low IQ.” Here you go: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/13/1131220/-Religious-and-Conservative-people-have-lower-IQs-than-their-counterparts Wolverine says: Anthropologists have known this for a long time. But I notice how the article conveniently left meat and eggs out of the equation, probably in an attempt to be politically correct to vegans. Actually, studies have proven that the brain shrinks faster on a vegan diet, no matter how many fruits and vegetables are eaten. The humans with the largest brains were those that were hunter/gatherers. The human brain (as well as body) began to shrink in those societies who turned to an agricultural diet (especially with grains as the base). Meat, fish and eggs are far more nutrient dense than simply fruits and vegetable. Even Neanderthal people had larger brains than modern men. But the lie that meat is poison and causes all kinds of diseases (a bogus notion which has never been proven) had to be maintained in this politically correct article. At the time that civilizations turned to grains and the brain began to shrink, was the same time that researchers begin to see all of the diseases of civilization begin to show up (cancer, heart disease diabetes, , arthritis, IBD. Etc..). The Egyptian people were suffering from diabetes and heart disease, according to CT scans performed on mummies. Though fruits and vegetables can be healthy, they are only a supplement to a meal centered around meat, fish or eggs if we want our brain to ever again reach the size of our Paleolithic ancestors. Stephen B says: I agree that we as a people have become dumber and more emotionally unstable and there may actually be a genetic aspect to this trend but I truly doubt that genetics or food intake or any of the reasoning discussed in the article or comments thus far are the main culprit. Ideology is the main culprit in the dumbing down of society. We have become an emotion based society that craves entertainment over substance, comfort over hard work and where critical thought has been abandoned for a more selfish and myopic world view. This feelings based culture has infected our politics, education system and even the most basic understanding of how society works. This whole trend started in the university system so I doubt any professor or researcher would dare point their finger back toward their own kind but the lions share of the intelligence and critical thought problem is born of ideology. You want higher intelligence and a more educated society? The ball is in your court.
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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Good information to support what most here have known for a long, long, time. Thanks for documenting. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken I guess this explains the existence of Republican and Democratic voters.
Calling Ron Paul an isolationist is like calling your neighbor a hermit because he doesn't come over and break your window - unknown I WITHDRAW MY CONSENT! No, it is quite evident because enough of the dumbed down sheeple voted for the HNIC who is currently squatting in the people's White House. And it is also obvious from the folks we are given to "choose" from. Paul Craig Roberts
BINGO! That's the major cause. The human body was never intended to process carbohydrates. Read "The Primal Blueprint" by Mark Sisson, and "Wheat Belly" by Dr. William Davis. Everything the goobermunt tells you about what to eat is a lie designed to keep you weak, sick, dumb and on to an early grave. Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. as if.....we get to choose.
That's what I meant when I talked about our "choices." Americans have not had a legitimate America first, last and always president since the days of the founders. And all we get to "choose" from these days are war whores and puppets for the bankers.
Paul Craig Roberts
#2. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Any perceived compliance with unconstitutional “laws” or orders put forth by government employees is NOT recognition of their authority; it is simply the result of carefully calculated submission to an entity exhibiting superior firepower.
#3. To: all (#0)
Would you be surprised to hear that the human race is slowly becoming dumber, and dumber?
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
#4. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Wolverine says: Anthropologists have known this for a long time. But I notice how the article conveniently left meat and eggs out of the equation, probably in an attempt to be politically correct to vegans. Actually, studies have proven that the brain shrinks faster on a vegan diet, no matter how many fruits and vegetables are eaten. The humans with the largest brains were those that were hunter/gatherers. The human brain (as well as body) began to shrink in those societies who turned to an agricultural diet (especially with grains as the base). Meat, fish and eggs are far more nutrient dense than simply fruits and vegetable. Even Neanderthal people had larger brains than modern men. But the lie that meat is poison and causes all kinds of diseases (a bogus notion which has never been proven) had to be maintained in this politically correct article. At the time that civilizations turned to grains and the brain began to shrink, was the same time that researchers begin to see all of the diseases of civilization begin to show up (cancer, heart disease diabetes, , arthritis, IBD. Etc..). The Egyptian people were suffering from diabetes and heart disease, according to CT scans performed on mummies. Though fruits and vegetables can be healthy, they are only a supplement to a meal centered around meat, fish or eggs if we want our brain to ever again reach the size of our Paleolithic ancestors.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#5. To: James Deffenbach (#3)
#6. To: christine (#5)
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
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