Are we getting more stupid?

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Soleron said:

dsgrue3 said:

Soleron said:

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Complete unfair in regards to IQ examination. How many people actually practice IQ exams? I would argue it's in the neighborhood of 0.0001%. The standard IQ of the masses increases generation over generation - that has absolutely nothing to do with training.

People that state "IQ is a flawed metric" tend to be those lacking in such a metric. "Not taken seriously anymore" - well, MENSA certainly takes it seriously and last I checked, there's still a $1 Million MacArthur Fellows ("Genius Grant").

Misinformation on your part. No doubt about it.

They don't practice IQ exams, but they do practice more of the reasoning skills one needs to pass them by virtue of average school leaving age being much later.

IQ is not worthless but it is not a good general measure of intelligence, and there will never be one.

Mensa is an organisation of people who want to be special flowers with their super high point scores. I see it the same as Xbox Achievements. If it makes you happy then great but it doesn't mean anything.

The other thing you mentioned has nothing to do with IQ? Even if it did, how does that constitute official or scientific recognition of IQ, which is what I'm looking for here? Why is there no decent standardisation of IQ if it is so important, general and repeatable?

No, there is no conclusive evidence that the population's IQ as measured is rising. There are too many sources of error to be certain of this, and enough doubt in what literature there is for it to not be a fact yet.

LMAO!

Yeah, hide and seek of the 1930s was way different than hide and seek of today. So much more demanding today, right? EQ is a great way to relate IQ to success.

IQ testing is stardardized, not sure why you don't understand this and we do indeed increase in IQ with each generation.

Ever head of the "Flynn Effect"?

Start reading: http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/flynneffect.shtml