/sci/ - Science & Math

>>14617271
IQ is pseudoscience. The result of what happens when autocratic billionaires want to turn their underlings into obedient robots.

>>14617284
cope and fuck off out of the thread

>>14617271
You're using jpeg to encode text, which results in those ugly artifacts.

>>14617271
>what the fuck is going on?

In 1920 people spent youth working on farm and a few hours in school.
In 2020 people spend youth reading Internet all day and playing rapid decision problem solving games.

IQ tests test depends on reading ability an problem solving.

We are not 'smarter' just trained better for IQ tests.

>>14617325
Wrong. The average in OP's pic reflects mostly dumb third worlders who were even dumber thanks to malnutrition. Westerners have been getting consistently dumber over the years.

>>14617271
100 iq is defined as the average

even if people are getting smarter, 100 iq is still the average

hope that helps

>>14617325
iq is not a measure of being smart though, it's only a measure of how good you are at solving a few particular types of puzzles

>>14617497
How would you define intelligence?

>>14617501
competence

>>14617271
>Create a test
>People study the test and get better at taking it
what the fuck is going on?

>>14617284
Fpbp. Case closed. Stick a fork in it. Slam-Dunked and Debunked.

OP pack up your bags because the show is over. IQ is pseudoscience and neither real science or math.

Ironically I watched a documentary on this just today. It's in German/French though.
The interesting part was not about the Flynn effect in itself, but rather that we have plateaued, like these trips >>14617333 put it so eloquently.
Is it the smartphones? Is it the chemicals? Who knows?
We're becoming retarded that is all that matters.

>>14617271
In simple terms for you
It's caused by better nutrition, reduced parasite and disease load, and familiarity training effects common to tasks found on many parts of the iq test (like reading or critical thinking).

falling testosterone?