• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    A quarter century into the new millenium and our general intelligence level hasn’t budged since the ice age.

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      1 month ago

      I think it’s gone down tbh. The average human is not experiencing the same novel problems that require troubleshooting and focus. A lot of thought is just decision based these days.

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        1 month ago

        According to the little arrows on our comments, there were like, two people really angered by this thought that some people think the rest of people are stupid. It’s amazing.

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          I don’t think stupid is the correct word, however I do think there are efforts to make independent thought and trouble shooting more difficult for the working class. There is a pretty large incentive for the ruling class to have the least educated population there can be.