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Re:Fraud, so much fraud by ipaddr on Friday September 27, 2024 @06:32PM (#41676175)
IQ levels has risen on average because of nutrients, not using lead and education.

An increase in blood lead from 10 to 20 micrograms/dl was associated with a decrease of 2.6 IQ

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Re:Fraud, so much fraud by jfengel on Friday September 27, 2024 @08:11PM (#41676771)
Risen by a few points. Statistically significant but not really meaningful.
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Re:Fraud, so much fraud by worik on Friday September 27, 2024 @06:56PM (#41676338)
> Q levels has risen on average because of...

...nobody really knows why

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Re:Fraud, so much fraud by miramba on Saturday September 28, 2024 @12:58AM (#41677997)
…and to still believe that IQ levels measure something meaningful is pretty average Joe anyway. Could be the rise of videogames for all we know.
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Re:Fraud, so much fraud by daymanstep on Saturday September 28, 2024 @05:08AM (#41678991)
IQ score rises (Flynn effect) are most likely spurious and do not reflect any increase in actual on-the-spot problem-solving ability.

IQ scores were never intended to be used to compare across cohorts. To do so is invalid.

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