Dumb and dumber? Evidence suggests the IQs of people in the UK, Denmark and Australia have declined in the last decade. A study by the University of Hartford claims the larger the global population becomes, the less intelligent we will be, dropping by around eight IQ points by the year 2110 - and other estimates are even more pessimistic. This has been said due to constant research and The most pessimistic explanation as to why humans seem to be becoming less intelligent is that we have effectively reached our intellectual peak.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2730791/Are-STUPID-Britons-people-IQ-decline.html#ixzz3BB5I27nC

Edited August 23, 201411 yr by Chester199

Again with the negative topics, regarding "Loss of hope for humanity" etc.

How many damn topics are you going to make?! I mean for christ sake...Its getting annoying.

This topic got railroaded... Although I agree. You seem to be the pessimist.

This topic got railroaded... Although I agree. You seem to be the pessimist.

I'm not a pessimist, but I do a lot of news stories because I'm encouraged to. I'm displaying more negativity than postivity.

Edited August 23, 201411 yr by Chester199

I must already be dumb since I don't even know what IQ is. And I never really thought about till now!

I think i'll just sit here, and see where this goes. 

No. We are not.

He isn't being a pessimist, he is just paraphrasing an article and being neutral. It is good that he is reading as many articles as he can, that is how you learn stuff.

Like they say on Facebook, we live in a world where phones are getting smarter and slimmer, while users are becoming exact opposite.

Edited August 23, 201411 yr by Troy

Technology nowadays is designed so that you can do more, faster with less effort, cars & phones seem to be the biggest things, some aspects todays generation is not dumb, just plain stupid and/ or uneducated about real world things, people go over board with absolutely everything today, I read a post on Facebook that some lady had complained people had their dogs out on a hot day walking at a Police musical ride in downtown Dartmouth, NS, she was outraged because she felt their "safety" was at risk because it was a hot day, all I could do was shake my head because if there is a safety precaution people WILL try & up it & take it 1 step higher, but try  telling these people they are wrong & that they should chill out..

They have all of this new technology out now that you have to make almost no effort to make a call, 3 year olds know how to use a $500 IPhone but don't even know how to read, schools are becoming dictatorships on how you can raise your children, undisciplined children turn into complete demons when they get older, it's just a spiral effect, there is no hope for todays generation & it will only get worse.

Technology nowadays is designed so that you can do more, faster with less effort, cars & phones seem to be the biggest things, some aspects todays generation is not dumb, just plain stupid and/ or uneducated about real world things, people go over board with absolutely everything today, I read a post on Facebook that some lady had complained people had their dogs out on a hot day walking at a Police musical ride in downtown Dartmouth, NS, she was outraged because she felt their "safety" was at risk because it was a hot day, all I could do was shake my head because if there is a safety precaution people WILL try & up it & take it 1 step higher, but try telling these people they are wrong & that they should chill out..

They have all of this new technology out now that you have to make almost no effort to make a call, 3 year olds know how to use a $500 IPhone but don't even know how to read, schools are becoming dictatorships on how you can raise your children, undisciplined children turn into complete demons when they get older, it's just a spiral effect, there is no hope for todays generation & it will only get worse.

We'll since we're talking about technology I must say the technology that I can't wait to come out is the ability to grow organs, I think that's coming out in the next 10-15 years or so.

We'll since we're talking about technology I must say the technology that I can't wait to come out is the ability to grow organs, I think that's coming out in the next 10-15 years or so.

I think thats a mistake.

The world functions as well as it does now(although not very well) with population control.

When we eliminate an aspect that leads to population control, like growing organs, then suddenly the population will stop decreasing. I understand people's family members are dying, and it may seem insensitive, but I too have lost a family member when they had an organ problem and it was horrible. BUT it is nature, people live and die and for the most part it keeps things in check.

I think that this is more of an opinionated question. We are the smartest beings that we know of to date. We're at the top of the food chain, and we dominate the planet. We decide the fate of this planet, and ourselves. It's funny, the number of people that use a cell phone but don't even know how it works.  I don't think that Humans are becoming stupid, I just think that Humans are losing common sense. We're constantly fighting each other, but what does that solve? If Humans would put down the weapons and come together for just a second, I'm for certain that we'd be far more technologically advanced.

 

 

He isn't being a pessimist, he is just paraphrasing an article and being neutral. It is good that he is reading as many articles as he can, that is how you learn stuff.

I have nothing against that. It's good. I'm referring to the number of threads he's created about negative stories. It's not of any observation.

I think thats a mistake.

The world functions as well as it does now(although not very well) with population control.

When we eliminate an aspect that leads to population control, like growing organs, then suddenly the population will stop decreasing. I understand people's family members are dying, and it may seem insensitive, but I too have lost a family member when they had an organ problem and it was horrible. BUT it is nature, people live and die and for the most part it keeps things in check.

So growing organs is a bad idea?

Stupid people breed more. And over here in the UK, we give them benefits and free houses. Of course the average IQ is going to go down when you are funding stupidity.

Stupid people breed more. And over here in the UK, we give them benefits and free houses. Of course the average IQ is going to go down when you are funding stupidity.

We have a similar issue here in the US. We feed and house people that aren't even supposed to be here in the first place. And get this, there are over 12 million of them.

The amount of butchering of the English Language I hear/read daily makes the study not surprise me at all.

Let me just quote a Tweet a friend of mine made:

 

The fact that people spell "you" "u" is the reason the other countries are beating us and proof that Shakespeare died in vain.

I don't get what good abbreviating three-letter words does. I mean, yeah. You saved two keystrokes. Good job.

Edited August 23, 201411 yr by EvilJackCarver

lol re u mad