Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist
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Re: Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist
#2For anybody who feels that there may be something to this, I highly recommend the movie "Idiocracy" with Owen Wilson.
Re: Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist
#3The paper this article is based on is quite old already, and many problems with Crabtree's arguments have been pointed out.
Here's some reading material: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/grrlscientist/2012/nov/14/...
And there's the last HN-thread with a lot of debunking going on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4818441
And of course, the Flynn effect completely contradicts this, mostly because the Flynn effect is actually based on data (IQ-tests in this case) and not just assumptions like Crabtree did it.
Re: Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist
#4There was literally zero stated evidence for this in the article. He mentions that intelligence is 'genetically fragile', then promotes the idea that because we don't live in hostile environments any more, that those 'fragile genetics' must be going away, and we are therefore less intelligent.
Paradoxically, though, this 'Stanford geneticist' seems to be evidence for his own findings.
Re: Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist
#5For anybody who feels that there may be something to this, I highly recommend the movie "Idiocracy" with Owen Wilson.
Luke Wilson.
Re: Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist
#6Re: Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist
#7A link to the article for those with access
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952512...
Re: Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist
#8This is in contrast to the Flynn effect:
The Flynn effect is the substantial and long-sustained
increase in intelligence test scores measured in many
parts of the world from roughly 1930 to the present day
Re: Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist
#9The paper this article is based on is quite old already, and many problems with Crabtree's arguments have been pointed out. Here's some reading material: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/grrlscientist/2012/nov/14/... And there's the last HN-thread with a lot of debunking going on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4818441 And of course, the Flynn effect completely contradicts this, mostly because the Flynn effect…
Some additional reading material: https://plus.google.com/106808239073321070854/posts/jUGVSEg5... comments include my criticism, link to Cochran's criticism, and link to Mitchell's criticism.
Re: Human intelligence is declining according to Stanford geneticist
#10This is in contrast to the Flynn effect: The Flynn effect is the substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world from roughly 1930 to the present day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
Hmm, so as we adapt and excel at our new surroundings we lose skills that are no longer necessary?