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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (96590)11/16/2012 4:50:32 PM
From: average joe  Respond to of 218881
 
Scientists are certainly not as intelligent as they were 100 years ago, which might explain his idea. These days, anyone can get an easy science degree and call themselves a scientist. Climate "science" is full of them. The brightest scientists today are brighter than those of 100 or 50 years ago, but the median is wayyyy lower.
That certainly is true.




To: Maurice Winn who wrote (96590)11/28/2012 11:58:54 AM
From: average joe  Respond to of 218881
 
With 6 billion people now being filtered in the eugenics process, the pressure is bigger and faster than ever by an order of magnitude.
If VVV eugenics is a barometer of UK male virility it does not bode well for the future. Mohammed is the most popular baby name in England for several years running.



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (96590)5/24/2013 2:57:44 PM
From: Snowshoe6 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 218881
 
>>The Flynn Effect demonstrates intelligence gains over 100 years.<<

Hmmm.....

Researchers say Western IQs dropped 14 points over last century
news.yahoo.com

So, why has there been such a steady drop? As UPI notes, previous research studies have found that women of higher intelligence tend to have fewer children on average, meaning that population growth may be driven by those with a lower IQ. And over time, the abundance of less intelligent offspring would affect the overall IQ average.