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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.
🇨🇦 tunetardis@tunetardis@piefed.ca

Replying to an earlier post

As a Gen X whose brain cells were supposedly fried in childhood breathing tons of leaded gas, I look upon my Gen Z offspring and have to say, a drop in intelligence is not at the top of my list of concerns for that generation. They seem a generally dispirited bunch. So much depression, anxiety, and isolation, coupled with bleak future prospects. I just want to give them all a hug, honestly.

GalacticGrapefruit@GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨tunetardis@piefed.ca⁩

Fun fact: Depression affects many things. Attention span, reaction time, engagement, memory, higher reasoning, spatial awareness… All things that (tangentially or directly) affect perceived intelligence.

Pretty damn good chance that we’re all sad because we know damn well just how fucked the world is, and we burned out before we ever got a chance to try.

… that said, I’ll totally take that hug. Hugs are great. 🫂

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