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| Intelligence of Norwegians and Danes on the wane, say researchers |
| 2017-12-29 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna The study was conducted by James Flynn, a leading researcher of intelligence quotient (IQ) measurement, writes Norwegian news agency NTB. IQ in the Scandinavian countries had been on the up for decades, but the trend has now been reversed, according to a report published by journal Intelligence. Measures taken as part of the study have shown that, in Norway, fewer people are reaching higher levels of mathematical and linguistic ability. The trend is similarly prominent in both Denmark and Norway and even more so in Finland. "This signals without doubt a depletion of people with high cognitive abilities," Flynn said according to NTB’s report. The IQ of Norwegians had been increasing since 1950 until a turning point around 1995, writes the agency. That was before they stated letting in hordes of refugees - so what's the explanation? An annual reduction of IQ by 0.21 percent on average has been measured in Norwegians since that year, equivalent to a 6.5 percent decrease between generations. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #8 Is the marching morons something along the lines of Idiocracy? I love that movie... |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2017-12-29 14:57 |
| #7 It started when they ran out all the gingers. The redheads have the dominant intelligence gene. |
| Posted by: Roth LaDoad 2017-12-29 12:46 |
| #6 Natives vs "Migrants"? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-12-29 09:23 |
| #5 Their universities must be like ours these days. I wonder why? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-12-29 07:48 |
| #4 Their universities must be like ours these days. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2017-12-29 07:39 |
| #3 Imports? |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2017-12-29 06:53 |
| #2 All whilst our very own intelligence services monitor the activities of U.S. citizens and internal opposition political parties. Appears the honds are eating from the same bowl. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-12-29 06:11 |
| #1 Cyril Kornbluth came right out and said it in The Marching Morons (1951). You couldn't even get it published today. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-12-29 05:32 |