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[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

average intelligence is going up

Not anymore. Average intelligence in Western countries plateaud and started dropping around 10 years ago.

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-online-iq-scores-century.html

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's still how many years of it going up since the US founding fathers?

~~Take the founding fathers and send them to today's world and they'll end up homeless.~~ wrong comment chain

My point still stands.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only because they lack knowledge, not because they lack intelligence. They were extremely intelligent men.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Oh sorry, that seconds part (added as an edit) should have went in my reply to the other comment that mentioned sending someone from today back in time to the days of the founding fathers!