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Date Posted: 21:22:16 02/21/07 Wed
Author: Jeff Osborne (Jeffrey Osborne)
Subject: Flynn Effect

Reading a bit more into the Flynn Effect I found it interesting that several researchers have reported that in certain places in the world, the Flynn Effect is said to have peaked and is not progressing any longer. For instance, in Denmark, a developed country, IQ scores for men is said to have peaked in the mid '90s and have declined since then. I found this interesting because at first I felt that the Flynn Effect was plausible, but after reading a bit more into it (not a whole lot into it though) I tend to agree that like many trends there seems to be an apex that once reached we will see some decline. Our improved nutrition and greater access to information has appeared to have had a tremendous impact on IQ scores, but when a large portion of the public stat to relying solely on the information provided to us through the tv, radio, and the Internet I think we will see a decline in intelligence and subsequently we will see a decline in IQ scores. I believe this will happen because people tend to lose their own reasoning skills and information processing abilities.

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