• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    9 天前

    A quarter century into the new millenium and our general intelligence level hasn’t budged since the ice age.

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      8 天前

      I think it’s gone down tbh. The average human is not experiencing the same novel problems that require troubleshooting and focus. A lot of thought is just decision based these days.

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        7 天前

        According to the little arrows on our comments, there were like, two people really angered by this thought that some people think the rest of people are stupid. It’s amazing.

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          7 天前

          I don’t think stupid is the correct word, however I do think there are efforts to make independent thought and trouble shooting more difficult for the working class. There is a pretty large incentive for the ruling class to have the least educated population there can be.