We is gettin' brainier an' stuff
Posted on 2004-05-13 at 08:02
According to James Flynn, we are getting smarter by 3 I.Q. points per decade. So at that rate, that average person of the 22nd century will be equal in intellect to a person who now has an I.Q. of 130. Coorelatively, the average person of 100 years ago was only as smart as a person with a 70 I.Q. now (of course all this assumes that the rate of progress is steady, which is is not). All this would mean more to me if I held I.Q. tests in higher regard. I don't, but the statistic is interesting nonetheless.