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Originally posted by SymbolicLogic
reply to post by ErroneousDylan
Most of these posters think that an IQ test is an ineffective measure of intellect yet have no way to measure 'True' intellect.
I'm not buying it.
Originally posted by antonia
reply to post by ErroneousDylan
Well, there is a problem with what you are saying. While someone might have been able to build that pyramid, the vast majority of people were illiterate and uneducated. The very fact you can read makes you more intelligent than most of those people.
Originally posted by B2X2L
You are an ignorant racist, proving the OP right.
Originally posted by jheated5
How would you explain the Industrial revolution and all the new breakthroughs with science today? I know there are dumb people out there but if you actually put your mind to it "pun intended" we can be so much more...... We are one evolutionary spark or scientific breakthrough away from upgrading our intelligence so to speak.....
Originally posted by Zcustosmorum
I can quite believe that, I vaguely remember smart people with oodles of intelligence growing up, but NEVER have I been exposed to so many stupid people in my neighborhood in the last few years.
Originally posted by AkumaStreak
reply to post by ErroneousDylan
Read any Greek philosophy or Shakespeare lately? Humans today can barely make sense of most of it without hand-holding.edit on 11/13/2012 by AkumaStreak because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by antonia
Most of the posters here are simply whining about the world. It's the old "everyone else is dumb" crying that is so prevalent around here. What was the peak? What evidence can you provide for that peak? Can you provide actual measurable evidence or are we just whining?
I would counter it by saying this: Society allows people of lesser intelligence to survive. This does mean the species is getting stupider in a way. There are simply more stupid people around.
what a shock, isn't it??
Either way, in the very last paragraph of the article the author admits he has no evidence for his theory.
Originally posted by jheated5
How would you explain the Industrial revolution and all the new breakthroughs with science today? I know there are dumb people out there but if you actually put your mind to it "pun intended" we can be so much more...... We are one evolutionary spark or scientific breakthrough away from upgrading our intelligence so to speak.....
Originally posted by SprocketUK
Diet. Hfcs, grains, trans fats....those probably have a big role in making people stupid.
I read in one of the paleo diet sites that paleolithic skulls have larger brain pans than neolithic ones.
If true, it could be a more reasonable explanation.