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FreeFree Posts: 3,562
edited May 2013 in A Moving Train
I think Yes. :lol:

Human Intelligence Has Declined Since Victorian Era, Research Suggests

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/2 ... 93846.html
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    I dont mean to be a grammer nazi, but sholdnt it be "People are getting dumberer?"
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I don't mean to be a grammer nazi, but shouldn't it be "People are getting dumberer?"


    :shifty:
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I dont mean to be a grammer nazi, but sholdnt it be "People are getting dumberer?"
    "grammer" :mrgreen:

    I think people have become lazier and more complacent in many ways - maybe that leads to a drop in IQ? Less using the noggin. I mean, look how much is done for us now - research, parallel parking, machinery/appliances - just off the top of my head.

    Anyway, I'm not sure what to take from the article, since it also says "Other research has suggested an apparent rise in I.Q. scores since the 1940s..."

    Damned research!
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,317
    Lazy and more dependent on technology for sure. More entitled, probably so. Dunno about dumber.
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    viewtopic.php?f=14&t=203666 :ugeek:
  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    hedonist wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I dont mean to be a grammer nazi, but sholdnt it be "People are getting dumberer?"
    "grammer" :mrgreen:

    I think people have become lazier and more complacent in many ways - maybe that leads to a drop in IQ? Less using the noggin. I mean, look how much is done for us now - research, parallel parking, machinery/appliances - just off the top of my head.

    Anyway, I'm not sure what to take from the article, since it also says "Other research has suggested an apparent rise in I.Q. scores since the 1940s..."

    Damned research!

    :lol: I actually didint do that on purpose :oops: I always spell gramma(e)r wrong. What an ass I am.

    I was discussing this with my wife just yesterday. She mentioned something called google glasses, or something? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass

    Maybe we've got too much at our fingertips, and that will allow some of us to stop exercising parts of our brains??
    Now im off to do some old school times tables and long division. dont wanna get rusty. :mrgreen:
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  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    hedonist wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I dont mean to be a grammer nazi, but sholdnt it be "People are getting dumberer?"
    "grammer" :mrgreen:

    I think people have become lazier and more complacent in many ways - maybe that leads to a drop in IQ? Less using the noggin. I mean, look how much is done for us now - research, parallel parking, machinery/appliances - just off the top of my head.

    Anyway, I'm not sure what to take from the article, since it also says "Other research has suggested an apparent rise in I.Q. scores since the 1940s..."

    Damned research!

    That's what I'm thinking to. Less of needing to actually think on the whole.

    And the only place I've heard of the word "dumberer" is the urban dictionary, grammAr boy. ;)
  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Momma always said stupid is as stupid does.
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,190
    No. We just hear about dumb people more often and get to read what they have to say thanks to the intertubes.
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Go Beavers wrote:
    No. We just hear about dumb people more often and get to read what they have to say thanks to the intertubes.

    I would tend to agree with this. One downside to the internet is the fact that we are inundated with bleak stories reflecting stupidity and malice (among several other things). As a result, it's hard to maintain that level of optimism that was likely prevalent in our parents' generation.

    Our innocence does not remain intact for very long. For some reason, I think this is damaging to some degree and as such, I feel for our kids growing up in this era. Exposed to the bizarre aspects of society and sometimes exposed to ruthless peer cyber bullying... it's got to be hard growing up and wondering what a normal world should look like without proper mentorship.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,933
    Judge a fish's intelligence on how well it can climb a tree and you will have a lot of stupid fishes.
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I dont mean to be a grammer nazi, but sholdnt it be "People are getting dumberer?"

    No. Just as if he'd said 'People are getting wiser'. It would be a mistake to think he should have said 'People are getting wiserer'. If the noun contained three syllables or more, then you'd add the prefix 'more', as in 'more intelligent'.
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,933
    Byrnzie wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I dont mean to be a grammer nazi, but sholdnt it be "People are getting dumberer?"

    No. Just as if he'd said 'People are getting wiser'. It would be a mistake to think he should have said 'People are getting wiserer'. If the noun contained three syllables or more, then you'd add the prefix 'more', as in 'more intelligent'.

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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Free wrote:
    I think Yes. :lol:

    Human Intelligence Has Declined Since Victorian Era, Research Suggests

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/2 ... 93846.html


    It used to be that the masses only heard the voices of the most intelligent people - through books, journalism and 3 TV stations.

    Now - any idiot can have a blog, youtube channel, twitter account, etc. Plus there are a gazillion TV channels competing for ratings which forces them out to the fringes to discover "news"

    I think there's a perception that we're dumber because more of the dumb people are being heard from.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Go Beavers wrote:
    No. We just hear about dumb people more often and get to read what they have to say thanks to the intertubes.

    Yep - I didn't see your post before I wrote mine.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • mikepegg44mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    Well, I think it is pretty telling that we have made giant advances in engineering, medicine, etc over the last few decades, but art, literature, etc has all suffered, at least in my opinion. We have very good mimicry in those areas, but very little innovation. Just seems like we don't have the same priorities that scholars had back then.

    It is a very good point that more people have a voice now. I mean, you don't see too many people writing novels, essays and the like without the ability to read, which most didn't have back then.

    as to all the blogs and twitters and facebook shit... I find it telling and rather funny that just about no one thinks they are the dumb one :lol:
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  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    know1 wrote:
    Free wrote:
    I think Yes. :lol:

    Human Intelligence Has Declined Since Victorian Era, Research Suggests

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/2 ... 93846.html


    It used to be that the masses only heard the voices of the most intelligent people - through books, journalism and 3 TV stations.

    Now - any idiot can have a blog, youtube channel, twitter account, etc. Plus there are a gazillion TV channels competing for ratings which forces them out to the fringes to discover "news"

    I think there's a perception that we're dumber because more of the dumb people are being heard from.

    Any idiot can also have their own reality television show, write movies in Hollywood (very few movies in the last 2 decades have been intelligent), write advertising since most of all advertising is dumbing down society on the whole, graduating from high school since the education system is failing our kids, write popular books and articles since the web is full of unintelligent ramblings, and so on.

    As a hobby I'm into sociology and human behavior in general. The dummies really are reflected to be more of the norm and are more ubiquitous than ever before, whether we really are getting dumber or the dumb are just more in view and are in the jobs intelligent people are supposed to be in because they "know someone". They're everywhere.
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    i'm not sure if dumber is the term I would use ... i think people have lost the ability to think critically ... and that has resulted in people being easily manipulated and indoctrinated ... it's been purposeful and the results prove it ...
  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Byrnzie wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I dont mean to be a grammer nazi, but sholdnt it be "People are getting dumberer?"

    No. Just as if he'd said 'People are getting wiser'. It would be a mistake to think he should have said 'People are getting wiserer'. If the noun contained three syllables or more, then you'd add the prefix 'more', as in 'more intelligent'.

    Soooo, what you're saying is that is more dumberer? :P

    For the record, I forgot to add the " ;) ".. I was kidding about "dumberer."
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I dont mean to be a grammer nazi, but sholdnt it be "People are getting dumberer?"

    No. Just as if he'd said 'People are getting wiser'. It would be a mistake to think he should have said 'People are getting wiserer'. If the noun contained three syllables or more, then you'd add the prefix 'more', as in 'more intelligent'.

    Soooo, what you're saying is that is more dumberer? :P

    For the record, I forgot to add the " ;) ".. I was kidding about "dumberer."

    Oops. :oops:
  • SnakeduckSnakeduck Posts: 1,056
    I'll keep this short so those of the dwindling attention span can follow along:

    Duh!
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