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IQ scores are falling in the US and one expert said technology could be to blame. The average IQ score in the US is now 98 down from 100, but some states how outranked others in intelligence.

Since scientists began measuring brain function, young people have always scored higher than their elders as the ravages of time and generational increases in IQ combined to give youth the edge.

American comedian George Carlin once said, “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” I am an old man and that makes my perspective different than 96.5 percent of the world who are younger than 70. But if you think that…

In some sense, you are smarter than your great grandparents, who were smarter than their great grandparents, who were smarter than their great grandparents. This is the trend known as the Flynn Effect, first identified by James Flynn four decades...

Years ago I learned from my junior high school science teacher, that the normal body temperature was 98.6 degrees F. I regarded this as an immutable fact, like the speed

I recently found myself at the annual conference...

Machine Alignment Monday, 7/24/23

Psychologist/researcher Richard Lynn has just di...

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Global observers can’t help but wonder if the country’s dysfunctional state of affairs is the result of widespread ignorance