Is Human Intelligence Declining?
A new study says human intelligence peaked about 20,000 years ago.
Life is difficult for many of the 6.5 billion people on Earth, but for most of us, it's not as difficult as it used be. And that, a new study says, means that we're probably getting dumber.
The argument is that before human developed agriculture and other technologies that enabled us to practice settled lifestyles, only the brightest humans who could adapt to the daily vagaries of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle managed to survive.
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Curmudgeon
3:58 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
From the last Presidential election, isn't it obvious!!!
Barb O'Donnell
4:59 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
People in America are stupid. No common sense, no rational thought process. Dumb ed down to the core.
Joan H. Johnson
5:29 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
It is written, mankind will have more information but less wisdom
Author, The Bible
James Derstine
10:49 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
Religion isn't your friend in this argument.
Stephen Eickhoff
1:19 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
How so, Mr. Derstine?
Tim Lewis
8:29 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
Absolutely agree - the evidence is the last election.
Mini Jack
8:30 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
Curmudgeon & Roy Martin........enough said!!!!!!!!!
If that doesn't sell you........Jack Minster
gerhard sweetman
11:19 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
Logic, reason, science, math VERSUS religion, customs, culture etc
Stephen Eickhoff
1:19 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
I eagerly await your scientific data correlating with your hypothesis.
Mohandus Frieri
8:17 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012
One need only read the comments on these pages to realize the premise. Better yet, watch reruns of Mitt Romney's campaign. Best yet, go onto the Times Herald website and if you can get through any of the pop-ups, pop-overs, or pop-unders to say anything, then you will have the vision as to why Journal Register Co is bankrupt, financially, ethically, professionally, and journalistically.
gerhard sweetman
10:34 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012
Times herald hush up of BIG,BIG story, ethically same as patch & media.
Apartments searched yearly by code enforcements, 4th admendment dead
Stephen Eickhoff
1:21 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
What is this nonsense? Your post is utter drivel even for Patch.
michael mirra
12:24 pm on Wednesday, January 2, 2013
When I was a kid adults had more common sense. Today, adults act like teenagers in old bodies. My parents generation acted & thought with adult common sense. It's all in the upbringing, & today's technology doesn't help, as it eliminates the need to think & SOLVE PROBLEMS MENTALLY. Education doesn't teack\h kids to think anymore & books are becoming obsolete. Sure, they can read novels on kindels, but how many of them will? Education is becoming tech training & memory to regurgitate test material. No learning to enhance insight & depth of thought is in the schools. Earlier generations were challanged to solve conceptual problems to build the mind's agility.