Studies suggest that we are gradually becoming less intelligent — L'éléphant
Mostly spatial skills and tasks-driven abilities. They contend that our ability today, such as computer knowledge, is the result of those early primitive skills.How do these studies define and measure intelligence? — pfirefry
Tom, now that you said that, we can look at philosophy to know that misery is actually a modern problem. But, good point. lol.I hope you are right about this. Look how much trouble and misery humans have caused just by being Sapien. Some brain cell loss may just the ticket to slow us down. :wink: — Tom Storm
What studies. Without that your post is vapid.Studies suggest... — L'éléphant
Studies suggest that we are gradually becoming less intelligent. — L'éléphant
What studies. Without that your post is vapid.
The Flynn Effect — Banno
What studies. Without that your post is vapid. — Banno
Here's a link to the Wikipedia article on the Flynn Effect. — T Clark
On a side note, domesticated cats have smaller brains than the wild cats. Their neural crest cells had decreased in size as they no longer experience threats like in the wild. — L'éléphant
Should we adjust our thinking about intelligence and redefine what it is today? — L'éléphant
We can't use technology today to argue that we're smarter. — L'éléphant
There's a measure for that that has nothing to do with the intelligence we are talking about here. — L'éléphant
Studies suggest that we are gradually becoming less intelligent. — L'éléphant
it's what I do.Banno, sometimes talking to you incites the murderous self in me. — L'éléphant
Did you read the links I provided? — L'éléphant
Chance favors the prepared mind. — Louise Pasteur
Thinking in opposites was a Greek habit, and the antithesis of chance versus rational planning and competence was a common place in fifth-century Greek thought. In this ably written study Lowell Edmunds shows how Thucydides uses the antithesis of chance and intelligence both to analyze events and to characterize persons. He sets forth the view of the Thucydidean Pericles, in which intelligence is expected to overcome fortune, and contrasts it with that of the Spartans, who had a strong sense of the limitations imposed on the human mind by the power of chance. This difference emerges especially in the story of Nicias, “an Athenian with a Spartan heart.” Thucydides, whose methodology is obviously akin to Athenian rationality, faces a dilemma in the defeat of Athens by Sparta; this leads the author to a discussion of Thucydides’ methods and concept of history. — Lowell Edmunds (Chance and Intelligence in Thucydides)
Um. You realize domesticated cats are exponentially smaller than wild cats, right? That kinda goes along with the whole size thing. A blue whale's brain is 20 pounds yet all it can do for the creature is let it know when to make weird noises and not suffocate to death. — Outlander
In Darwinism, blind chance (evolution) beats blind chance (extinction level events are all rolls of dice) with blind chance (random genetic mutation). At some point the accumulated random mutation resulted in an intelligent ape (h. sapiens) who's the Thucydidean Pericles. — Agent Smith
You can close it if you're tempted. No sweat.Unless the OP can cite evidence for the primary claims, this thread is a non-starter. I'm tempted to just close it. — jamalrob
Right. Compared to your boring threads? Sorry, just kidding. *giggles*↪jamalrob
One could cite this thread as evidence for its thesis. *runs away giggling foolishly.* — unenlightened
They actually did some measurements -- https://theconversation.com/how-our-species-got-smarter-through-a-rush-of-blood-to-the-head-73856Second, we would likely need detailed brain scans to compare brain development. — Philosophim
Okay, for the sake of discussion, how does this increase compare to the learning curve theory?I'm actually with Jackass on this one, mean IQ has been steadily increasing for decades. OWID documents the trends here: https://ourworldindata.org/intelligence — Garrett Travers
Studies suggest that we are gradually becoming less intelligent — L'éléphant
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