DEvolution

[punoɹɐuɹnʇ]

"Richer people having less children"
"World IQ rates dropping"
Are their methods to solve these and other threats to human advancement?

 

[Necuno]

im so leet with my upside backwards nick.... lol

 

[Conspirator]

Necuno: Truly brilliant contribution.

punoɹɐuɹnʇ:You can chill because the author if that article is just plain wrong.The average IQ of the world cannot and never will fall because the average IQ is defined as 100, irrespective of how smart/stupid anyone is.

It might be that the the average intelligence is dropping, but I would not trust the article for that since the author obviously does not know what IQ is.

 

[Claymore]

punoɹɐuɹnʇ:You can chill because the author if that article is just plain wrong.The average IQ of the world cannot and never will fall because the average IQ is defined as 100, irrespective of how smart/stupid anyone is.

Not quite. Normal IQ is 100. Average IQ is an average, and is actually lower than 100 in many countries (though higher in some, like Japan and Finland).

IQ is not a good measure of intelligence though, nor of success in life.

 

[noswal]

A measure of ability would be better, you can have some with real great IQ but can't apply the theory.

 

[BCO]

"Richer people having less children"
"World IQ rates dropping"
Are their methods to solve these and other threats to human advancement?

lol, that's the plot of Idiocracy.

 

[Xarog]

Not quite. Normal IQ is 100. Average IQ is an average, and is actually lower than 100 in many countries (though higher in some, like Japan and Finland).

But normal IQ is derived from the average ability of someone in a given age-bracket.

 

[w1z4rd]

"Richer people having less children"
"World IQ rates dropping"
Are their methods to solve these and other threats to human advancement?

Sorry mate, your sources are wacked. The human population increases its intelligence by 3% every 10 years (with the kids being born).

Also, there is no such thing as "devolution". Would you like to try this again? but this time with a bit more information on the topic?