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>> No.9230168 [View]
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The Flynn effect says that the IQ of humans is increasing over time. So what will happen in the year 4509? Will we evolve into godlike beings?

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How are we supposed to interpet the Flynn effect?
>Every generation IQ jumps
>A lot of what determines IQ is genetics based
>Genetics can't really change that fast

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What are the implications of the Flynn effect for the relation between genetics and IQ? I've always understood that IQ is primarily genetic and difficult to change, but if the Flynn effect shows that environmental factors like improved nutrition and education can cause such a rapid increase over a relatively short period of time, then does this mean that IQ is to a large extent environmental? Doesn't this show that any group could rapidly raise its IQ in the matter of a few generations given an improved environment more conducive to intellectual growth? What am I missing here?

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