01010101011@reddthat.comM to Optimists Unite@reddthat.com · 1 year agoThe many ways society has improvedreddthat.comimagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down113
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minus-squareDoYouNot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year 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-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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”.