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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.

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?
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