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heaven05

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26. really????

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2018, 08:57 AM

Jun 2018

no shit???!!!!

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Study: People Are Getting Dumber [View all] SunSeeker Jun 2018 OP

This doesn't surprise me in the least. People don't read anymore! Laffy Kat Jun 2018 #1

Yes. I worry about our grandchildren. Their parents Hortensis Jun 2018 #5

Huh. That surprises me. Some of this must be KPN Jun 2018 #8

Yes, I was going to add that I was generalizing. Laffy Kat Jun 2018 #22

An excellent book about how modern media and educational practices affect developing minds: tblue37 Jun 2018 #27

This study would explain Scarsdale Jun 2018 #2

Bingo on this one bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #9

The trend wasn't observed in the US. Igel Jun 2018 #18

This can't be right, Scarsdale Jun 2018 #28

That does not necessarily have to do with Raw IQ. Caliman73 Jun 2018 #32

People don't need to be smart anymore aeromanKC Jun 2018 #3

Numerous studies show that poor people tend to make bad decisions NOT PatrickforO Jun 2018 #4

Great points. Some of this is also about how we define dumber. KPN Jun 2018 #11

More accurately, Igel Jun 2018 #21

It could be due in part to increased atmospheric CO2 levels. femmedem Jun 2018 #6

We're spectators rather than problem-solvers bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #7

Welcome to Costco. I love you. Welcome GetRidOfThem Jun 2018 #10

A mandatory watch in our house Kilgore Jun 2018 #20

the electrolyte conversation with Prez. Kamacho's cabinet GetRidOfThem Jun 2018 #35

OWWW!! MY BALLS!! Kilgore Jun 2018 #36

OWWW!!!! GetRidOfThem Jun 2018 #37

i think there is less reading for sure. and by reading i don't mean headline, clickbait shit JI7 Jun 2018 #12

And it's so easy to make time for that too! Blue_Adept Jun 2018 #13

people make time to stand in long lines at opening of food places, time for hours of sports JI7 Jun 2018 #14

"You can't understand someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes." Blue_Adept Jun 2018 #15

I still read at the same rate as when I was younger. Tipperary Jun 2018 #33

The republicans are dragging down the IQ of the nation. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #16

It ain't just Republicans. Blue_Adept Jun 2018 #17

Bad logic! IQ is based upon 100 average, so less intelligence in others actually RAISES your IQ. Towlie Jun 2018 #23

They are dragging down the average. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #25

It's not IQ, but similar. A PBS show a few years ago, examining... LAS14 Jun 2018 #19

Oh heck, if I took an IQ test I'd score very low -- in the big dummy range. betsuni Jun 2018 #24

But the decrease started in the 1970s, well before smart phones. SunSeeker Jun 2018 #34

really???? heaven05 Jun 2018 #26

What's scary is they're finding this in Scandinavian countries too. SunSeeker Jun 2018 #29

HMMMMM heaven05 Jun 2018 #30

"changes in the education system" maveric Jun 2018 #31