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AMAR0113

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21. I blame

Reply to damnedifIknow (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 01:05 AM

Sep 2014

it on the T.V.

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Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing [View all] damnedifIknow Aug 2014 OP

So Idiocracy will one day be seen as a documentary madville Aug 2014 #1

LOL- my thoughts exactly :) Marrah_G Aug 2014 #3

At this point in time damnedifIknow Aug 2014 #9

One day? hobbit709 Sep 2014 #36

more or less coincide with the advent of processed food drray23 Aug 2014 #2

Yep, coincides with that and about a billion other changes over those years. HERVEPA Aug 2014 #8

here is one from the british medical journal drray23 Aug 2014 #10

Thanks for the citation. (and there was no maybe in your original post) HERVEPA Aug 2014 #11

for starts - shouldn't that be westerners rather than westerns? hollysmom Aug 2014 #4

Devolution? 3rdwaydem Aug 2014 #5

I assume it's Daily Fail science articles and bad graphs making everybody stupid. nt LeftyMom Aug 2014 #6

HA! Don't you find it so hypocritical a tabloid complaining about lower IQ's? nt alp227 Sep 2014 #13

I'm sure it would do wonders for their circulation! nt LeftyMom Sep 2014 #14

Fabulous. Cleita Aug 2014 #7

The angle of decline appears steeper until 2010................. wandy Sep 2014 #12

What about regression towards the mean??? Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #15

I thought IQ wasn't hereditary. Marr Sep 2014 #16

Do you believe that intelligence is hereditary in dogs? Quantess Sep 2014 #24

I'm not sure. Marr Sep 2014 #39

So our suspicions are proven correct. Live and Learn Sep 2014 #17

I think people will opt for designer applegrove Sep 2014 #18

The illustrated head in the chart appears to be breathing through its mouth. betsuni Sep 2014 #19

Maybe we only have so much collective intelligence and ... LisaLynne Sep 2014 #20

I blame AMAR0113 Sep 2014 #21

My theory is daredtowork Sep 2014 #22

Just shy of 92 is... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #23

In America, we've had SPECIAL help Vine Gatherer Sep 2014 #25

+1 newfie11 Sep 2014 #26

'ow, my balls'. indeed. i collect old books. not just jane austin. pansypoo53219 Sep 2014 #27

Firstly, this is the Daily Mail. Reading it would reduce anyone's IQ LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #28

LOL. Very good point... Violet_Crumble Sep 2014 #29

The test was actually on visual reaction times; they claimed a correlation with IQ muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #31

Thanks - I'd been planning to investigate but hadn't got round to it yet; so thanks for the info! LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #34

There is other evidence of the decline in IQ. KurtNYC Sep 2014 #33

None of these provide very convincing evidence LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #41

I'd love to see a parallel graph with the rise of malaise Sep 2014 #30

It's not a graph, but this seals the argument for me... Violet_Crumble Sep 2014 #32

Love it malaise Sep 2014 #35

Is it because we're hiring more cops? rock Sep 2014 #37

Brawndo's got what plants crave! Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #38

Television Eye Octafish Sep 2014 #40

One of the reasons I tend to agree with this article damnedifIknow Sep 2014 #42

The Powell Memorandum spelled it out. GOP started buying media Big Time... Octafish Sep 2014 #43

Evolution has no direction. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #44

Lead, heavy metals, pesticides, toxic environment, less child mortality JCMach1 Sep 2014 #45