01010101011@reddthat.comM to Optimists Unite@reddthat.com · 5 months agoThe many ways society has improvedreddthat.comimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down113
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minus-squareDoYouNot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoIt is, but if you track the average IQ over time using a comparative metric IQs now are higher by about 3 points per decade (one standard deviation in 50 years). It’s known as the Flynn Effect.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoAh, so the IQ values in the graph are a sort of reverse “adjusted for inflation”.
It is, but if you track the average IQ over time using a comparative metric IQs now are higher by about 3 points per decade (one standard deviation in 50 years). It’s known as the Flynn Effect.
Ah, so the IQ values in the graph are a sort of reverse “adjusted for inflation”.