IQ scores are falling and have been for decades (2018)

Re:IQ scores are falling and have been for decades (2018) by kergonath on Saturday May 14, 2022 @09:40AM (#31377816)

This. I cannot understand why people seem to think that IQ test results are an objective measure of anything. Of course we all make mistakes sometimes or have bad days or brain fog for whatever reason. Even the time of day affects cognition. How would any kind of test compensate for this? A particularly good or bad score can very well be just a fluke.

I have never seen anyone I would consider really smart who took these tests seriously.

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Re:IQ scores are falling and have been for decades (2018) by Dylan16807 on Saturday May 14, 2022 @10:17AM (#31378136)

Those are reasons to doubt a single test but wouldn't affect bigger statistics.

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Re:IQ scores are falling and have been for decades (2018) by kergonath on Saturday May 14, 2022 @12:43PM (#31379740)

Sure, unless there is some sampling bias like more tests being done at a given time of day, or a given day of the week. Or tests probing particular aspects of cognition that get emphasised or de-emphasised in the education system.

Even so, most of the discussions about IQ are about individual scores and a lot of pseudoscience.

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Re:IQ scores are falling and have been for decades (2018) by lapinot on Sunday May 15, 2022 @12:05PM (#31388427)

+1 The actual scientific usage of IQ test is to screen for children that are on the low part of the spectrum and then do more qualitative analysis and care. The whole focus on high-IQ is just nonsense. I don't have any ref on hand about that tho.

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