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American IQ scores have rapidly dropped, proving the 'Reverse Flynn effect'

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256 points hirundo | 2 comments | 10 Apr 23 13:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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squokko ◴[10 Apr 23 16:42 UTC] No.35514266[source]▶
Fewer than half of the hypereducated peers I know have kids, while my gardener has 8 kids, so I expect that this trend will continue
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Havoc ◴[10 Apr 23 16:55 UTC] No.35514401[source]▶
Education is not IQ
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1. Clubber ◴[10 Apr 23 17:08 UTC] No.35514564[source]▶
>Education is not IQ

This is true but I suspect people with higher IQs tend to have more education. Probably because they are "good" at learning while someone with a lower IQ struggles more and doesn't like it because of that.

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2. astrange ◴[11 Apr 23 09:21 UTC] No.35522697[source]▶
It's because IQ is a test and more education means taking more tests, so there is circular causality.