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Post by SharksFan99 on Jun 30, 2018 23:55:17 GMT 10
www.news.com.au/technology/science/human-body/the-reverse-of-the-flynn-effect-science-suggests-we-might-be-getting-dumber/news-story/ce3475a0817e65bd6e7710cca8b55074New research has suggested that humans, as a species, are becoming less intelligent over time. Scientists have discovered that overall IQ scores in young people increased after the Second World War and the peak of human intelligence was in 1975. Since then, our average IQ scores have been on the decline. What are your thoughts on this? Do you believe humans are gradually becoming less intelligent as each year passes? To be honest, i'm inclined to agree that humans are progressively becoming less intelligent over time. Think of it like this. Just over half a century ago, we were constantly progressing as a society and pushing the limits in terms of innovation. Not only did we send man to the moon, we were listening to/producing music in the form of The Beatles, Jimi Hendrex, The Who and The Rolling Stones. Now, in 2018, a song like "Gucci Gang" can become a worldwide hit and two genres of music are saturating the Top-40 charts. We have Donald Trump as the President of the United States. A 5-second video of a cat chasing a mouse can receive millions of "likes" and become a story reported on the news.
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Post by Telso on Jul 1, 2018 4:14:00 GMT 10
I'm pretty sure that "730,000 IQ test scores of 18 to 19-year-old Norwegian men" isn't really a very good and above-all absolutely not very representative subset of a whole population and therefore should be relativised (my classes of statistics I took in college aren't that useless after all).
As for the question, I actually think it's quite the opposite, the internet allowed for a lot of people around the world to have much faster access to a massive amount of information. Progress and innovation are relative but in my opinion they're done in a very fast pace, especially in the domain of medicine, genetics and nano-technology.
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Post by dount2005 on Jul 1, 2018 6:19:25 GMT 10
I think the fact that we have a wide range of newly found information available on the Internet and right at our fingertips makes us smarter. However, I'm not sure about IQ.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jul 1, 2018 15:15:20 GMT 10
I'm pretty sure that "730,000 IQ test scores of 18 to 19-year-old Norwegian men" isn't really a very good and above-all absolutely not very representative subset of a whole population and therefore should be relativised (my classes of statistics I took in college aren't that useless after all). As for the question, I actually think it's quite the opposite, the internet allowed for a lot of people around the world to have much faster access to a massive amount of information. Progress and innovation are relative but in my opinion they're done in a very fast pace, especially in the domain of medicine, genetics and nano-technology. I think the results of the investigation are still valid, even if it was only based off a sample demographic. It's not possible to compare the IQ scores of every single person who has ever taken the test before. I'm not sure about that, to be honest. We can access millions of information at the palm of our hands, but our problem-solving skills are diminishing as a result of the conveniency offered by the internet. That's the meat of the matter. The internet and technology are generally making us lazier. In the past, we would have had to physically undertake tasks to gain information or achieve something. Now, without any thought, we can search for whatever we want at the touch of a button.
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Post by Mozzie on Jul 1, 2018 16:22:07 GMT 10
I think the human race is moving forward very quickly with technology. I think though some attitudes of some people are diminishing though
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Post by dount2005 on Jul 2, 2018 5:43:27 GMT 10
I'm pretty sure that "730,000 IQ test scores of 18 to 19-year-old Norwegian men" isn't really a very good and above-all absolutely not very representative subset of a whole population and therefore should be relativised (my classes of statistics I took in college aren't that useless after all). As for the question, I actually think it's quite the opposite, the internet allowed for a lot of people around the world to have much faster access to a massive amount of information. Progress and innovation are relative but in my opinion they're done in a very fast pace, especially in the domain of medicine, genetics and nano-technology. I think the results of the investigation are still valid, even if it was only based off a sample demographic. It's not possible to compare the IQ scores of every single person who has ever taken the test before. I'm not sure about that, to be honest. We can access millions of information at the palm of our hands, but our problem-solving skills are diminishing as a result of the conveniency offered by the internet. That's the meat of the matter. The internet and technology are generally making us lazier. In the past, we would have had to physically undertake tasks to gain information or achieve something. Now, without any thought, we can search for whatever we want at the touch of a button. Technology has played a huge role in how we think today and how we do certain things. I believe many school students today are distracted by their cellphones. They don't pay attention to their teachers because they can look up information anywhere, anytime with a click of a button anyway, whereas before smartphones and internet exited, you had to have good comprehension skills to pass and understand class material because a wide range of information wasn't always available at your fingertips.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jul 2, 2018 22:27:57 GMT 10
Technology has played a huge role in how we think today and how we do certain things. I believe many school students today are distracted by their cellphones. They don't pay attention to their teachers because they can look up information anywhere, anytime with a click of a button anyway, whereas before smartphones and internet exited, you had to have good comprehension skills to pass and understand class material because a wide range of information wasn't always available at your fingertips. I agree. Technology has benefited society in many ways, but it has affected how we problem solve and process information. You can easily search for any information on the internet without having to give it much thought. That's partly the reason why I believe people have become less intelligent over time. Just because we have access to more information, doesn't necessarily mean that we are going to process it as well as we would have when the technology wasn't available.
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