i think your stupey

we're just as intelligent as we've ever been, but we know a whole lot more now.

If the current crop of YT teens is anything to go by, In 100 years the bronze age will seem like far fetched sci-fi.

Less.

Adults have been saying from the times of Ancient Greece that the generations below them were just so dumb that civilization was about to collapse
can you think of a single generation of senior citizens that WASN'T constantly complaining about whippersnappers?

and yet , we've made it this far.

We are the way we choose to be.

On Sunday 11/22/09 - 9:47:14 PM Kungfullama wrote: Adults have been saying from the times of Ancient Greece that the generations below them were just so dumb that civilization was about to collapse can you think of a single generation of senior citizens that WASN'T constantly complaining about whippersnappers? and yet , we've made it this far.

I'm sure it started before then.

Both.

Must they necessarily be doing either?

It was pretty well documented that the average IQ was rising over generations in the latter part of last century (see the Flynn effect), but most estimates I've seen have claimed that its levelled out now in most developed nations (though continues to rise in some minority groups).

I think the gap is growing. There are the growing number of less then there are the small group that are more and striving to make everything better. Though, I must admit, I'm part of the less intelligent group... Or I'd probably be asleep right now.

Oh less for sure...I mean, look at our society and you'll see it clear as day. Lets legalize and promote all the bad things!

Ow... that hurt, it really makes me think.... I guess more, I mean come on the invention of the wheel to the invention of a foldable laptop, but I do believe less in marketing commercials.

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

i think i was a bit stupider yesterday

Less because unfortunately less people are becoming Christians.

In a 2002 study, 59% of Americans said that religion played a "very important role in their lives," a far higher figure than that of any other wealthy nation.[137] According to a 2007 survey, 78.4% of adults identified themselves as Christian,[138] down from 86.4% in 1990.[139] Protestant denominations accounted for 51.3%, while Roman Catholicism, at 23.9%, was the largest individual denomination. The study categorizes white evangelicals, 26.3% of the population, as the country's largest religious cohort;[138] another study estimates evangelicals of all races at 30–35%.

I actually think we are evolving into more intelligent beings, on average.

On Monday 11/23/09 - 10:44:56 PM Holy_Crapoli wrote: I actually think we are evolving into more intelligent beings, on average.

Evolution? Why would you believe such a theory.

On Monday 11/23/09 - 10:44:56 PM Holy_Crapoli wrote: I actually think we are evolving into more intelligent beings, on average.

That's not how evolution works.

On Monday 11/23/09 - 10:44:56 PM Holy_Crapoli wrote: I actually think we are evolving into more intelligent beings, on average.

On Monday 11/23/09 - 10:47:52 PM BellaKazza wrote: Evolution? Why would you believe such a theory.

God makes us evolve.

i personally am getting less intelligent

On Monday 11/23/09 - 10:44:56 PM Holy_Crapoli wrote: I actually think we are evolving into more intelligent beings, on average.

On Monday 11/23/09 - 10:48:59 PM thatguy3g wrote: That's not how evolution works.

Uh... no?

Def: In biology, evolution is change in the genetic material of a population of organisms from one generation to the next.

Genes affect brain usage as much as anything else. Why wouldn't it work like that?

there's no real reason to think that intelligence is a trait selected for in nature

Also, evolution relies on mutations. We are the same species that we were in Babylon. There needs to be a drastic, beneficial mutation. The most we possibly do is selectively breed like dogs.

Whatever the reason, I think the capabilities of the mind have increased since antiquity. It may not be a direct result of "natural selection" per se, but it's still happening.

Or, selectively breed like we breed dogs.