Replying to a post on startrek.website
So…. You didn’t read the article, and it shows. Maybe it is on to something.
For reference:
Gen Z is the first group to score lower than the generation before them. Their attention span, memory, reading and math skills, problem-solving abilities, and overall IQ are lower than those of millennials.
All of these things are quantifiable.
Replying to @Pratai@piefed.ca
No that doesn’t make IQ a good measurement of intelligence. Volumes have been written on this and how it is more a measurement of one’s heritable environment. Source: I am a millennial with an above average IQ.
And again…. They tested for more than just IQ. Read the article. Try and understand it.
Replying to @Pratai@piefed.ca
Both things can be true: that IQ is not a good index to use in this context and that other measurements have shown cognitive decline.
Replying to @zbyte64@awful.systems
Literally no one has been arguing that iq is a good index. What are you ranting about
Replying to @zbyte64@awful.systems
So, it’s a measurement of Gen Z’s heritable environment?
Replying to @cecilkorik@lemmy.ca
Or their apathy towards IQ tests.
Replying to @zbyte64@awful.systems
So… when used at a population level rather than at an individual level, and used for comparison between generations from the same place… they’re a good metric?
Replying to @thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
Good in what sense? Consider that people do better on an IQ test if you offer to pay them more based on their performance. One might conclude that Gen Z values the IQ test than prior generations, or it could be reflective of the environment having more food swamps.