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Re:Sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces by blueaquilae on Friday May 10, 2024 @07:56AM (#40317855)
I suspect this can explain a lot of the IQ loss since it become difficult to build concentration.
Re:Sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces by shawabawa3 on Friday May 10, 2024 @07:59AM (#40317881)
What IQ loss? IQ scores have consistently increased over time
Re:Sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces by simonsarris on Friday May 10, 2024 @09:01AM (#40318464)
I'm afraid your knowledge is a bit out of date. Even Flynn has given talks about the "reverse Flynn effect" in the past three decades. IQ scores have been going down.

Recently: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016028962...

Re:Sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces by pixl97 on Friday May 10, 2024 @12:51PM (#40321131)
My suspicion on this is not the noise from the device, or even the devices themselves are the problem... It's that we sit on our ass all day watching/listening to them. Brain health is correlated to exercise and movement.
Re:Sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces by shepherdjerred on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:42AM (#40319617)
If we're talking about concentration, social media/devices likely play a _much_ larger part.
Re:Sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces by mrtesthah on Friday May 10, 2024 @02:48PM (#40322498)
Insofar as traffic is concerned, any drop in IQ would be more likely related to PM2.5 pollution levels than noise:

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/air-pol...