
What you've known intuitively for your whole life





Posted by hydorahFrom the article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5832789/Young-people-really-getting-stupid-IQs-falling-seven-points-generation.html

Posted by TheRabbitI'm so sorry you were exposed to that. Youre in my thoughts and prayers.
I figured this was just a butter post, but the millennials in the office decided it was somehow appropriate to play Nickleback really loudly in the office today based on some card game they played after work yesterday. So I'm pretty sure that's evidence to support that assertion.




Posted by Endless
intelligence is generally defined as one ability to apply knowledge in order to solve a problem
there's less problem now than before, no matter what the religious nuts say.
so is true, kids nowadays know less, and have lower skills, but as long they have wifi, they get all the answers right.
also, it says that eating fish is good for peoples brain, you can't fight this generation veganism, they really think they're getting healthier and shit.

Posted by hydorahEver read "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury?
I really think that constant access to databases and online encyclopedias like wikipedia hinder autonomous thinking and cognitive abilities.
I'm not even going to mention social media

Posted by TheRabbitIf you need someone to talk to about this Nickleback exposure, im here. You might also want to contact HR about cruelty in the work place.Posted by heliumfiascoPosted by TheRabbit
I figured this was just a butter post, but the millennials in the office decided it was somehow appropriate to play Nickleback really loudly in the office today based on some card game they played after work yesterday. So I'm pretty sure that's evidence to support that assertion.
I'm so sorry you were exposed to that. Youre in my thoughts and prayers. click to expand
Thank you for your concern. click to expandclick to expand

Posted by iridiumPosted by xkraftIts never that easy. It has to be said in every way conceivable across ten different threads. And even that won’t be enough click to expand
Can we just say GenXers are the smartest, and be done with it?click to expand

Posted by iridiumPosted by hydorahLile bickering with a teenager on an astrology forum? click to expandPosted by iridiumPosted by xkraft
Can we just say GenXers are the smartest, and be done with it?
Its never that easy. It has to be said in every way conceivable across ten different threads. And even that won’t be enough click to expand
Gen-X-ers don't really care actually.
When you come into this world as a 1972 baby, the apex of millions of years of evolution, fight for dominance , refined arts and existentialism coalesced into one, and you realize noone will keep on carrying the torch. You are doomed to spend your life bumping into cerebralets and braincels.
It could be a depressing thought for a less gifted individual without the capacity to entertain their own brain.
but there are other ways.
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Posted by Pleistoanax
At the end of the day science is still just another narrative. Just as there are different shades of intelligence.
What my might work under certain circumstances might fail entirely under different ones.

Posted by ArkansassyPosted by iridiumPosted by hydorahPosted by iridiumPosted by xkraft
Can we just say GenXers are the smartest, and be done with it?
Its never that easy. It has to be said in every way conceivable across ten different threads. And even that won’t be enough click to expand
Gen-X-ers don't really care actually.
When you come into this world as a 1972 baby, the apex of millions of years of evolution, fight for dominance , refined arts and existentialism coalesced into one, and you realize noone will keep on carrying the torch. You are doomed to spend your life bumping into cerebralets and braincels.
It could be a depressing thought for a less gifted individual without the capacity to entertain their own brain.
but there are other ways.
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Like bickering with a teenager on an astrology forum?
brutalclick to expand



Posted by PleistoanaxPosted by EndlessPosted by Pleistoanax
At the end of the day science is still just another narrative. Just as there are different shades of intelligence.
What my might work under certain circumstances might fail entirely under different ones.
that's the coolest fallacy I have seen in this site to this day, tbh
science is not a narrative though, is a conglomerate of knowledge build in very specifics ways, most of them empirical, people do use narrative in science, to pass and discuss that knowledge with others.
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Posted by UnicornSag
"If you don't have to think how to solve the problem it means your intelligence doesn't develop. You're getting served with answers and not working on solutions. That's why I said answers on the internet directly cancel first sentence, that definition of intelligence"
kinda yes, but the internet is a database of knowledge, they don't know how to solve the problem but using the internet and other technologies to solve the problem is sadly also into the old definition of intelligence, they know how to use computers for it, but is also different, they aren't creating knowledge that's for sure, and that's why it's complex, with quantum computers coming and IA making houses "smart" who knows how is going to end.
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Posted by brianafay
"But I also think newer generations are much faster learners and catch on to things more quickly than past generations too"
they are not "catching on" old people are catching on, newer generations are born into technology, that's the only world they know, and that's the only thing they need, they don't need to learn about photosynthesis, they just need to learn how to google it, they don't learn where the north, they need to know how to use the compass on their smartphone, they don't even need to pay attention to class, there's plenty of videos of the same thing on youtube, heck some are better than whatever they saw on class.
It isthough. Just check the history of the philosophy of science.
There will never be an ultimate truth. No matter how many experiences you can gather there will alwas be doubt and it is up to us where we draw the line.
That choice is more or less completly arbitrary and is often influenced by social factors aka narratives of the world.click to expand

Posted by PleistoanaxPosted by EndlessPosted by PleistoanaxPosted by EndlessPosted by Pleistoanax
At the end of the day science is still just another narrative. Just as there are different shades of intelligence.
What my might work under certain circumstances might fail entirely under different ones.
that's the coolest fallacy I have seen in this site to this day, tbh
science is not a narrative though, is a conglomerate of knowledge build in very specifics ways, most of them empirical, people do use narrative in science, to pass and discuss that knowledge with others.
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Posted by UnicornSag
"If you don't have to think how to solve the problem it means your intelligence doesn't develop. You're getting served with answers and not working on solutions. That's why I said answers on the internet directly cancel first sentence, that definition of intelligence"
kinda yes, but the internet is a database of knowledge, they don't know how to solve the problem but using the internet and other technologies to solve the problem is sadly also into the old definition of intelligence, they know how to use computers for it, but is also different, they aren't creating knowledge that's for sure, and that's why it's complex, with quantum computers coming and IA making houses "smart" who knows how is going to end.
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Posted by brianafay
"But I also think newer generations are much faster learners and catch on to things more quickly than past generations too"
they are not "catching on" old people are catching on, newer generations are born into technology, that's the only world they know, and that's the only thing they need, they don't need to learn about photosynthesis, they just need to learn how to google it, they don't learn where the north, they need to know how to use the compass on their smartphone, they don't even need to pay attention to class, there's plenty of videos of the same thing on youtube, heck some are better than whatever they saw on class.
It isthough. Just check the history of the philosophy of science.
There will never be an ultimate truth. No matter how many experiences you can gather there will alwas be doubt and it is up to us where we draw the line.
That choice is more or less completly arbitrary and is often influenced by social factors aka narratives of the world.
the philosophy of science is a part of philosophy not a science.
"There will never be an ultimate truth."
then this statement can't be an ultimate truth either aka is possibly wrong
there's is uncertainty on the amount of knowledge we have and how factual it is, so your point is valid, just not that much relevant. :S
I'm aware of this contradiction but it's a choice which is entirely conistent with the rest of my statement.
The philosophy of science defines and defineds how we make "science".
Those "real" scientists are the building workers while the philosopher of science is the architect.
It is very relevant. Otherwise science would stagnant
Logically speaking you will never know if the house stand because your science is correct or if there are little spirits that keep it together.
You choose the narrative or science that makes the most sense to you.
It is even more relevant here if you consider that I made the statemen that one kind of trained intelligence works better in setting A than in setting B. Test it for B and your result will be that said person is worse than the other, in this case older person in this specific area.
If this means that the younger person is worse in all ares in general however is something else entirely.
Take the special programm IBM made for autists for example. Usually they are considered to be unfit to work in a lot of areas but if you put them in a context that plays to their strengths they can be excellent.
All that has been proven by science here is that younglings are less intelligent under definition x.
In a couple years science might have moved on and established different standards and the result might be entirely different.click to expand

Posted by hydorahYAY! Born 1974 w/ a high I.Q.
human IQ peaked in 1974 (give or take 2 years)

Posted by VenusAquariusPosted by hydorah
human IQ peaked in 1974 (give or take 2 years)
YAY! Born 1974 w/ a high I.Q.click to expand

Posted by hydorahI actually know my I.Q.Posted by VenusAquariusStatistics experience indicate it probably peaked in 1972 and haphazardly plateaued to '74Posted by hydorah
human IQ peaked in 1974 (give or take 2 years)
YAY! Born 1974 w/ a high I.Q.click to expand

Posted by brianafay
But I also think newer generations are much faster learners and catch on to things more quickly than past generations too.
I mean seriously I’m the youngest where I work and the older generations can’t even manage to send a treetrunking email or save a website to their favorites without excessive hand holding
I literally had to help one of them figure out how to find a page she minimized 🤔
Soooo it’s all relative IMO


Posted by Horsey
Not entirely relevant but our brain size has been shrinking for the past thousands of years. Most of the articles i came across seem quite reluctant to posit that it means humans are just getting dumber but that was the underlying message i sensed anw.
http://darwinian-medicine.com/our-brains-are-shrinking/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-have-our-brains-started-to-shrink/
So it doesnt really matter what gen you belong too. the whole human race is getting stupid and has been doing so for a long time.

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