2026-10-05T23:48:59.675901Z

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.

2026-10-06T03:41:53.061456Z

Chloé 🥕@carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Replying to @⁨Pratai@piefed.ca⁩

underfunded education, extremely bleak prospects for the future that lead to mass anxiety and depression (which is bad for your brain, shockingly), and having your formative years during a pandemic whose long-term effects include cognitive impairment will do that to you, yea

2026-10-06T07:57:27.291896Z

CosmoNova@CosmoNova@lemmy.world

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Replying to @⁨carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone⁩

Also AI chatbots. LLMs pretty much sealed it and will make Gen alpha perform even lower. Well, it will make everyone perform lower long term but Gen Alpha won‘t learn a lot of important thinking skills.

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