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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/nov/12/pampered-humanity-less-intelligent
Hah!
Although I would have expected parts of Africa to have really high IQ levels, whilst the west would not if this were true. This isn't the case though.
Summary, please?
People are getting stupid - chavs and bankers are probably the problem.
[i]Summary, please? [/i]
*hopes this was a very clever response to the title of the link*
Summary here I believe.
"Humans reached a peak of intelligence more than 2,000 years ago"
Aha! So all those people saying GCSEs & A-levels have been getting easier were correct
😀
On the plus side, we're now all really good at prodding at a small screen.
A hunter-gatherer who did not correctly conceive a solution to providing food or shelter probably died, along with his or her progeny, whereas a modern Wall Street executive that made a similar conceptual mistake would receive a substantial bonus and be a more attractive mate.
😆 Heh, I like a dig at the bankers but they're going up against the wall (metaphorical or otherwise) soon - not good for the genes.
Actually, freedom from becoming a tiger's lunch has allowed us to get brainier and brainier, and the bravery and brinksmanship never stopped. Where once one had to dice with tigers to live at all, people then "chose" to cross oceans in timber ships cos there might be a destination before the food ran out.
We've stalled, hopefully temporarily, due to post colonial "I wish *I* had nothing too" nonsense turning the gap year generation against all progress except iPhones and Twitter, and that health and safety thing got out of control. But that old boots on Mars talk is getting louder again...
the scientist lays out what might be called a speculative theory
=something thought up down the pub.