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Comment by CareerDoctor on Is Stupidity Expanding? Some Hypotheses. · 2020-10-16T20:45:47.427Z · LW · GW

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AG0iHPkHgkbPapSKt0fmXQUHn_ZWCDbS/view?usp=sharing

Comment by CareerDoctor on Is Stupidity Expanding? Some Hypotheses. · 2020-10-16T20:41:37.716Z · LW · GW

I agree.  Some of this is about the number of people taking it.  But the average grade rising is supposedly a sign of increasing results.  One more point.  My friend at UCLA who studies IQ has said that normal is always a median of 100.  However the curve is moving left meaning the average is going down.

Comment by CareerDoctor on Is Stupidity Expanding? Some Hypotheses. · 2020-10-16T17:17:34.407Z · LW · GW

SAT Comprehensive scores peaked and have never recovered since 1972. And yet grades have gone up!!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1J-4GijoL7DrZ8yg0AtkVNlXl89aktchP?usp=sharing

This data causes cognitive dissonance. Pick one. I pick that generally those entering in college college are not as smart as the cohorts in the 70's