For the first time, young people appear less intelligent than their parents. Experts point to three causes
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- After nearly a century of apparent gains in intelligence, new evidence suggests the trend may have reversed among younger people.
- Experts identify several possible causes for the change.
For almost 100 years, the arrow seemed to point in one direction when it came to human intelligence: upward.
Now that trend may have turned. Young people appear, for the first time, to be less intelligent than their parents, according to the framing of the report.
Experts point to three possible causes, though the brief account does not detail them. The development is presented as a worrying sign after decades in which intelligence appeared to rise steadily.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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