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TIL about "Flynn Effect", which shows that the average IQ rises steadily with each generation. IQ tests are made harder and harder to keep the average at 100. Today's children taking tests from pr... (www.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL about "Flynn Effect", which shows that the average IQ rises steadily with each generation. IQ tests are made harder and harder to keep the average at 100. Today's children taking tests from previous decades score well above 100 on average.

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago

Lol I always thought dumber poor people bred more since they didn't use contraceptives or had abortions. Thought maybe that's a more recent trend. I have uncle with 15 kids that he knows of.