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Title: Are people dumber than 50 years ago?
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URL Source: http://www.stationgossip.com/2021/04/cries-in-dumb-picture.html
Published: Apr 2, 2021
Author: Mike Rivero
Post Date: 2021-04-02 19:53:45 by Horse
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#1. To: Horse (#0)
Are people dumber than 50 years ago?

Yes, for the last 50 years the less intelligent have been reproducing at a higher rate than the more intelligent. There is no question that people are on average dumber than they were 50 years ago.
The IQ distribution has widened, too, because the smartest people are getting even smarter.
A hundred years ago a really intelligent guy might run a hardware store and marry a local girl of average intelligence. A really intelligent girl might marry a local baker of average intelligence. In both cases their children would be a little more intelligent than average.
But for the last several decades the really intelligent men and women have been going off to college -- maybe an Ivy League school which used to require real smarts -- and finding each other there. Their children were very intelligent.

StraitGate posted on 2021-04-02 20:35:06 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
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#2. To: StraitGate, 4um (#1)
But for the last several decades the really intelligent men and women have been going off to college

I'm not so sure I agree with you about that at all. Maybe that applies to your kids, not so much the ones I see on vids.

Esso posted on 2021-04-02 21:08:59 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
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