• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

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

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      5 days ago

      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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        3 days ago

        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.