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from the tv-and-video-games-cause-brain-rot dept.
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, Informative) by looorg on Thursday June 14 2018, @02:09PM
Those things existed here to at the time to, "kitchen staff" and "janitor". I had (or have) a friend that served his time as a librarian, 18 months on base sorting books. Those that for some reason such as religious or pacifism usually got some kind of nursing training.
I'm uncertain exactly how the system works today but since they re-instituted the draft again they are once again preparing to test everyone, they start with a pre-screening online test now to try and narrow it down. Still a crime not to take the test so you can't ignore or refuse the test -- you can still just tank the test if you like or write something stupid in it. Not sure how wise that is since those records are kept forever and things might come back to haunt you.