Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "" video.

  1. I don't think IQs are falling as such but I do get a sense that most people are not getting a good education which is kinda lowering intelligence levels, which is crazy in this day and age with the information we have access too and the internet, intelligence should be going up across the board for almost everyone. Personally, I put it down to the education system and some governments that don't want people to be too smart because a smarter population makes life harder for governments, rich elites and big corporations, basically, they want people smart enough to do the paperwork and donkey work but not smart enough to realize how exploited people really are. On the plus side, there is nothing stopping people being self-educated after school and outside of school and I think that is what really defines the average to someone that is really smart. The irony is, if governments were smart and really pushed to educate the population, it would do wonders for the economy and innovation but then governments think short term in what's in their own interest and not the big picture. As for IQ test, I don't think those are a good indicator in how smart someone is, I think there is a lot more to it than a simply test like that. As for human intelligence overall, I don't think it's getting worse as such, we might be going through a blip at the moment but I think over the long run as we advance more, learn how things work and able to tech more effectively in a shorter space of time, intelligence for the average person is likely going to continue to rise, regardless of if governments, the rich elites or big corporations want it or not. Still I will say one thing, real education begins once you leave school but that really depends on the frame of thinking of the individual, I've seen evidence that people that want to learn and be better, tend to learn a lot more after school and probably because they can pick and choose what to learn and not feel it's forced on them, most tend to just muddle through life, not learning that much.
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