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Pratai@Pratai@piefed.ca
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Gen Z is officially less intelligent than millennials, first recorded intergenerational IQ drop

Idiocracy, here we come.

EDIT: more info for those that disagree:

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/media/doc/Horvath_Written%20Testimony.pdf

www.wionews.com/trending/gen-z-officially-less-intelligent-than-millennials-first-recorded-intergenerational-iq-drop-1770115374340/amp
WionGen Z is officially less intelligent than millennials, first recorded intergenerational IQ dropGen Z is now officially the only generation to measure lower than their predecessors in intelligence. A neuroscientist says this is because short videos and summarised texts are being increasingly relied on, but this is not how the human brain works.
ChicoSuave@ChicoSuave@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨Pratai@piefed.ca⁩

This is some intergenerational rage bait. Gen Z is just as smart and capable as any other generation. Human generations aren’t a hierarchy of ability and anyone who thinks they are better than a broad category of people is part of the problem. Racism and bigotry both stem from the same idea: some people are better than others and those people need to be discarded from society.

This article is pointless speculation by someone stirring up unwarranted sentiment.

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thebestaquaman@thebestaquaman@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨ChicoSuave@lemmy.world⁩

Gen Z is just as smart and capable as any other generation.

The introduction of social media, with all the addiction, depression, anxiety, etc. associated with it has somehow managed to not affect peoples problem-solving skills? There are so many studies confirming how fucked the younger generations are regarding all kinds of mental health that it’s frankly absurd to believe those findings are completely independent of things like attention span and problem-solving skills.

Also:

  • Article: Refers to an actual study.
  • You: “This article is pointless speculation”.
mycodesucks@mycodesucks@lemmy.world
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Replying to @⁨Pratai@piefed.ca⁩

They have the exact same potential as the generations around them - they didn’t get blasted with mutagen. The environment that contributed to allowing people to maximize their potential has been scuppered, tainted, and monetized, and particularly for the young, their own mental proclivities, which by the way, they have no ability to understand or override on their recognizance at early ages, are being weaponized against them by an army cognitive behaviorists and a mountain of psychological research.

puz@puz@piefed.social

Replying to an earlier post

I don’t see anyone here making this about hierarchy or anyone claiming that one group of people is “better” (or “worse") than the others.

That Gen Z is scoring worse in those tests is a fact. Nobody says that Gen Z is “worse” because of that. If anything this might make previous generations look bad whose decisions lead to the world gen z has to grow up in: The school system, current crises, the pandemic, social media, etc.

To acknowledge those test results is the key to address what caused those results. Then we can discuss:

  • What did we (yes all of us) do wrong (or right) that lead to this?
  • How to help Gen Z and future generations to unlock their potential
  • Or: Question if those tests are still relevant. Are those skills that were tested actually needed in our current time and are there important skills missing that were not tested?