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A Norwegian study published Monday found a seven-point dip in IQ test scores per generation among men born from 1962 to 1991. The results suggest a reversal in the Flynn effect, an observed increase in IQ scores throughout the 20th century in developed countries.
Coverage from The Week adds:
The reasons for the Flynn effect and its apparent reversal are disputed. "Scientists have put the rise in IQ down to better teaching, nutrition, healthcare and even artificial lighting," says The Times.
But "it is also possible that the nature of intelligence is changing in the digital age and cannot be captured with traditional IQ tests", adds the newspaper.
"Take 14-year-olds in Britain. What 25% could do back in 1994, now only 5% can do," Shayer added, citing maths and science tests.
More from The Daily Mail:
Two British studies suggested that the fall was between 2.5 and 4.3 points every ten years.
But due to limited research, their results were not widely accepted.
In the latest study Ole Rogeburg and Bernt Bratsberg, of the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research in Oslo, found that Norwegian men's IQs are lower than the scores of their fathers when they were the same age.
The pair analysed the scores from a standard IQ test of over 730,000 men – who reported for national service between 1970 and 2009.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by VLM on Thursday June 14 2018, @02:09PM (1 child)
So... "a bunch of men" vs "the single lady" you're talking comedy like MASH Corporal Klinger or more modern where trans is more virtuous and holy than cis or ?
One thing I've learned from Hollywood is the toughest most violent martial artist is always a petite little girl, every time, so maybe you missed the whole plot that "she" was the killer in some "friday the 13th" horror movie thing.
Also good thing it was men and somewhere between none and one female, because I've seen women brought to tears by network down / no cell service and their facebook IV drip feed of liquid emotion was cut off. Like depriving men of pr0n or something, truly a tragic sight, oh the humanity...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 14 2018, @06:23PM
You really re-write reality to fit your insanity don't you?
Yes there has been an uptick in female warriors in Hollywood films, but toughest most violent? You must be a feminist selecting only movies with strong female heroines *eyeroll*
You're such an idiot it is actually a little impressive.