ardour
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Is it really necessary to necro all these old threads?
ardour said:Is it really necessary to necro all these old threads?
Richard_39 said:ardour said:Is it really necessary to necro all these old threads?
I'm bored. And when no one's around, I necro the cool ones
You can lodge a formal protest with the Board of the Intergalactic Council of Planets. They'll form a comittee and study the matter in due time. ;-)
Just kidding. But I think it's an interesting question, beyond simply a matter of opinion. I've been reading on IQ and the debate surrounding it and find it fascinating how many of the things we take for granted, such as IQ being a measure of intelligence that is unfailable, is actually being debated even by it's inceptors. It's a fascinating concept. The Flynn effect and the now opposed trend being notice is also a worthwhile read, for those interested in the question.
ardour said:Richard_39 said:ardour said:Is it really necessary to necro all these old threads?
I'm bored. And when no one's around, I necro the cool ones
You can lodge a formal protest with the Board of the Intergalactic Council of Planets. They'll form a comittee and study the matter in due time. ;-)
Just kidding. But I think it's an interesting question, beyond simply a matter of opinion. I've been reading on IQ and the debate surrounding it and find it fascinating how many of the things we take for granted, such as IQ being a measure of intelligence that is unfailable, is actually being debated even by it's inceptors. It's a fascinating concept. The Flynn effect and the now opposed trend being notice is also a worthwhile read, for those interested in the question.
IQ tests are supposed to control for education level, yet the Flynn Effect shows that's not really true
As for a drop in 'base level' cognitive capacities, predictably you get people on the Right blaming social welfare programmes for that, but there's also a theory relating to lack of famine and major disease outbreaks in the developed world. For example there's been some speculation that the Black Death (which affected the peasant/serf classes more) led to the Enlightenment by raising the average IQ in Europe a few points. That assumes class and intelligence were linked, which is a dubious assumption particularly in a medieval context, but there's probably something to the idea that people most likely survive in those circumstances might on average be more intelligent.
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