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

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256 points hirundo | 1 comments | 10 Apr 23 13:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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faeriechangling ◴[10 Apr 23 15:04 UTC] No.35513202[source]▶
Could this have to so with smart people increasing pursuing hedonism over reproduction? Maybe Idiocracy was right all along.

From a strict evolutionary perspective I have doubts that a high IQ is useful anymore.

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1letterunixname ◴[11 Apr 23 02:05 UTC] No.35519826[source]▶
If George Carlin was a philosopher, perhaps Mike Judge is also more than a physicist, musician, and director. Giving Brian May a run for his money.

When the collective hive mind of a society is organized around anti-intellectualism (the core ethos of America), then it will subsidize a combination of stupid (less talent) and mental laziness (lack of productive application of talent). This is how a society enters the dustbin of history and emerges as a brutal and backwards people.

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1. emmelaich ◴[11 Apr 23 03:31 UTC] No.35520443[source]▶
I like your comment because it could be expressed by someone on the far right as much as the far left.

As an aside, I think Idiocracy is the weakest of Mike Judge's works.