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iamerroragent ◴[] No.35511931[source]
They say scores in spatial reasoning went up while analogies, vocabulary, and numerical reasoning declined.

Hmmm I wonder if an increase use of videogames paired with a decrease in the amount of time parents can spend communicating with their children might be related.

Note that over the last 30 years it's vastly transitioned from one parent staying home raising children to both parents working.

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1. Apocryphon ◴[] No.35515514[source]
Reminds me of this "The humble pocket calculator should have taken Sociology by storm half a century ago." post criticizing how psychometrics has become bunk as it hasn't kept up with the times:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29798887