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What will they do, check your postcode?
When I read crap like this it makes me think the human race is ending.
"Are we as a species actually becoming stupid?
In an article in London Review of Books (14 Dec 2017) Nick Richardson writes:
There are so many signs that we're on the cusp of a new dark age. Religion is on the rise, as are the number of believers in astrology and conspiracy theories, and average IQ is falling: according to one psychology professor at the University of Amsterdam it has fallen among Westerners by as many as 14 points since the beginning of the 20th century. The pace of technological development is slowing.
He goes on to record the rise in Flat Earth believers.
Is this sufficient evidence that we are becoming stupider, for there is in fact no real reason for our species becoming smarter, as once believed?"
What will they do, check your postcode?
When I read crap like this it makes me think the human race is ending.
"Are we as a species actually becoming stupid?
In an article in London Review of Books (14 Dec 2017) Nick Richardson writes:
There are so many signs that we're on the cusp of a new dark age. Religion is on the rise, as are the number of believers in astrology and conspiracy theories, and average IQ is falling: according to one psychology professor at the University of Amsterdam it has fallen among Westerners by as many as 14 points since the beginning of the 20th century. The pace of technological development is slowing.
He goes on to record the rise in Flat Earth believers.
Is this sufficient evidence that we are becoming stupider, for there is in fact no real reason for our species becoming smarter, as once believed?"
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