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In reply to the discussion: Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)22. My theory is
1) Education standards drifting out of line with what IQ tests focus on.
2) Lack of sleep.
I find it odd that the article alludes to "computer games" while repeatedly claiming "reaction time" as a criteria of intelligence. It seems to me that one of the (few) benefits of computer games is training reaction time. I just read an article where limited game play with a Wii accessory is even supposed to help with MS. So I would propose the issue is not the games themselves, but behavior issues around them, like shorting sleep.
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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
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