Friday, June 15, 2018

Dumbing down? New study suggests young people's IQs are in decline — RT World News

Dumbing down? New study suggests young people's IQs are in decline — RT World News:
Image result for tide pod challenge"A new study, conducted by Norwegian scientists, shows that IQ scores of today’s young people are in decline, putting an end to the post-war trend of rising intelligence.
After the Second World War young people’s IQs were steadily rising.
It was dubbed the Flynn effect after New Zealand intelligence researcher James Flynn.
This phenomenon saw average IQ scores rise about three points per decade.
...The study revealed that the IQ points of those tested peaked among those born in 1975, while people born in 1991 scored five points lower..."
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