soulifix@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat are worrying signs that society's intelligence is slipping?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down132
arrow-up1-5arrow-down1message-squareWhat are worrying signs that society's intelligence is slipping?soulifix@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarerandomname01linkfedilinkarrow-up54arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoMan, this is some boomer ass question. People have been saying everyone is getting dumber for millennia, and it’s never really been true
minus-squaretrimmerfrost@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not that intelligence is declining. It’s that our brains are a lot more distracted. We are hence unable to do things that require undivided attention like studying, thinking and certain types of work
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minus-squarerandomname01linkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down2·1 year agoI’m not generalising anything. I think this specific post is stupid, and I explained why.
minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 year agoYou seem to be lost, stranger. This is Lemmy—we’re decently civilized here. Your tone suggests you must be looking for Reddit.
minus-squareCustodialTeapot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoCould you back instead. I can happily and confidently speak for everyone here that we’d happily keep that commentor over you.
minus-squarerandomname01linkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoMy guy, being nice doesn’t mean letting nonsense go unquestioned.
minus-squarejerry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoLol troll, your post isn’t nice. Delete it if you mean what you say.
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoIQs have been steadily increasing. Your premise is flawed.
Man, this is some boomer ass question. People have been saying everyone is getting dumber for millennia, and it’s never really been true
It’s not that intelligence is declining. It’s that our brains are a lot more distracted. We are hence unable to do things that require undivided attention like studying, thinking and certain types of work
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I’m not generalising anything. I think this specific post is stupid, and I explained why.
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You seem to be lost, stranger. This is Lemmy—we’re decently civilized here. Your tone suggests you must be looking for Reddit.
Could you back instead. I can happily and confidently speak for everyone here that we’d happily keep that commentor over you.
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My guy, being nice doesn’t mean letting nonsense go unquestioned.
Lol troll, your post isn’t nice. Delete it if you mean what you say.
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IQs have been steadily increasing. Your premise is flawed.