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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by xyzzyz on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @12:49AM (#32394263)
> The degree of augmentation is going to make a big difference. During the era of the Flynn effect, we sort of had this happen naturally and we handled it just fine, but a 20 point boost would basically obliterate things.

The Flynn effect has not been genetic, and it didn't translate into differences in actual, real-world performance in a way that IQ difference within cohort do.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by philwelch on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:33AM (#32399367)
> The Flynn effect has not been genetic

No, it was developmental, but AFAIK IQ is rather stable once you reach adulthood.

> and it didn't translate into differences in actual, real-world performance in a way that IQ difference within cohort do

Because it was gradual enough that it would be hard to measure, and because the composition of the Western workforce also evolved over the same period of time, making any comparison between generational cohorts virtually impossible.

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