Or maybe it's because, somewhat depressingly, IQ is highly hereditary, as research has shown for decades and new gene research is currently confirming, and people with lower IQs tend to have more children.
Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and population ageing may be why
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Re: Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and population ageing may be why
#112Re: Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and population ageing may be why
#113Or maybe it's because, somewhat depressingly, IQ is highly hereditary, as research has shown for decades and new gene research is currently confirming, and people with lower IQs tend to have more children.
The book outliers says that research shows roughly half of IQ dictated by genetics. Do you have research that contradicts this?
Re: Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and population ageing may be why
#114Or maybe it's because, somewhat depressingly, IQ is highly hereditary, as research has shown for decades and new gene research is currently confirming, and people with lower IQs tend to have more children.
Why would this effect suddenly present itself in 2004? Why hasn't it caused average IQ to decline for all of human history? "A recurrent fear during the past century is that the mean IQ level of populations will decline because persons with lower IQ scores have above-average fertility. Most microlevel data demonstrate such fertility differentials, but population IQ levels have risen rather than fallen. In this articl…
Re: Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and population ageing may be why
#115Re: Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and population ageing may be why
#116Or maybe it's because, somewhat depressingly, IQ is highly hereditary, as research has shown for decades and new gene research is currently confirming, and people with lower IQs tend to have more children.
Re: Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and population ageing may be why
#117Re: Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and population ageing may be why
#118Or maybe it's because, somewhat depressingly, IQ is highly hereditary, as research has shown for decades and new gene research is currently confirming, and people with lower IQs tend to have more children.
And connecting the two dots too loudly makes you into a monster.
Re: Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and population ageing may be why
#119Or maybe it's because, somewhat depressingly, IQ is highly hereditary, as research has shown for decades and new gene research is currently confirming, and people with lower IQs tend to have more children.
The book outliers says that research shows roughly half of IQ dictated by genetics. Do you have research that contradicts this?
Re: Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and population ageing may be why
#120Or maybe it's because, somewhat depressingly, IQ is highly hereditary, as research has shown for decades and new gene research is currently confirming, and people with lower IQs tend to have more children.
Or maybe it's not so simple, and IQ can also be changed by environment. It's not a crazy idea that people with more money have better access to education.