Surrounded by idiots
If you started to feel like you see more people doing stupid things well it isn't your imagination. It's real.
Look at this headline:
We Are All Getting Dumber, New Science Proves, and No One Is Sure Why
STORY
Well if we are all getting dumber it shouldn't be a big surprise that we can't figure out why but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway. From the article, which you should give a read.
"When scientists from the Norway's Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research analyzed some 730,000 IQ tests given to Norwegian men before their compulsory military service from 1970 to 2009, they found that average IQ scores were actually sinking. And not just by some miniscule amount. Each generation of Norwegian men appear to be getting around seven IQ points dumber. "
So it's official. After a bit of discussion of "why" and things that can be ruled out we have this interesting piece.
"So we know that the culprit is nurture rather than nature (or, sorry xenophobes, migration), but scientists are still baffled as to what exact aspect of modern life is driving the decline. Some have proposed that our tech obsession might be to blame, but as the decline started in the 1970s, well before everyone spent their days staring at screens, that can't be the whole story."
Two clues. Something environmental and something that began in the 70s. Google time, er I mean time to research. A paper from Rockefeller University dated May 1995.
The Environment Since 1970
STORY
"From 1970 to the early 1990s, fossil fuel emissions of CO2 grew 50 percent,"
Wait. Could CO2 effect human intelligence? If so then that might be the elusive answer to "why".
Climate Change Likely To Make Us More Stupid, Study Finds
Story
"Rising carbon dioxide emissions could cause a decline in the brainpower of workers around the world, according to new research.
Look at this headline:
We Are All Getting Dumber, New Science Proves, and No One Is Sure Why
STORY
Well if we are all getting dumber it shouldn't be a big surprise that we can't figure out why but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway. From the article, which you should give a read.
"When scientists from the Norway's Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research analyzed some 730,000 IQ tests given to Norwegian men before their compulsory military service from 1970 to 2009, they found that average IQ scores were actually sinking. And not just by some miniscule amount. Each generation of Norwegian men appear to be getting around seven IQ points dumber. "
So it's official. After a bit of discussion of "why" and things that can be ruled out we have this interesting piece.
"So we know that the culprit is nurture rather than nature (or, sorry xenophobes, migration), but scientists are still baffled as to what exact aspect of modern life is driving the decline. Some have proposed that our tech obsession might be to blame, but as the decline started in the 1970s, well before everyone spent their days staring at screens, that can't be the whole story."
Two clues. Something environmental and something that began in the 70s. Google time, er I mean time to research. A paper from Rockefeller University dated May 1995.
The Environment Since 1970
STORY
"From 1970 to the early 1990s, fossil fuel emissions of CO2 grew 50 percent,"
Wait. Could CO2 effect human intelligence? If so then that might be the elusive answer to "why".
Climate Change Likely To Make Us More Stupid, Study Finds
Story
"Rising carbon dioxide emissions could cause a decline in the brainpower of workers around the world, according to new research.
A new study by academics at University College London (UCL) found that higher amounts of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere could affect our memory, concentration and decision-making abilities."
So there it is. Another reason to address this problem NOW. Before we are too stupid to do anything. Or is it already too late?
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