[ExI] World IQs may be falling

[William Flynn Wallace]

I do not know what tests they are using, but having a lot of answers is far
from what IQ tests test.  You want to test the aptitudes, not the
achievements.  A lot of people know quite a bit but don't understand what
they know.  bill w

On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 12:30 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> IQ tests: are humans getting smarter?
> Published: May 5, 2021
>
> While IQ test results have been increasing for some time, research
> suggesting a “reverse Flynn effect”, indicates this upward trend may
> now be slowing. A Norwegian study, for example, found that men born
> before 1975 showed the expected positive “Flynn effect” of a three
> point gain for each successive decade. But for those born after 1975,
> there was a steady decline in IQ. This amounts to a seven point
> difference between generations – with average IQs having dropped by
> around 0.2 points a year. Other studies carried out between 2005 to
> 2013 in the UK, Sweden and France have also shown similar results.
>
> <https://theconversation.com/iq-tests-are-humans-getting-smarter-158837>
>
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>
> The article suggests several possible reasons for the drop in IQ test
> scores.
> I am a bit suspicious that the internet might be having a bad effect.
> When everything is fed instantly to people from the web, they don't
> have to do much thinking for themselves.
> Just accept the answers from Google.
>
> BillK
>
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