Posted on 04/10/2023 9:13:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Because our public schools suck. TPTB prefer the kids to be dumb and dependent so they can be controlled.
United Seinfeld of America? đ¤
Zackly Even the teachers are a lot dumber that I remember
Open borders mainly same reason height has also fallen
Some other factors too
Schools not as good etc
I wonder if there’s room to speculate that the designers of IQ tests might be getting dumber? :)
So things WILL get better?
Weâre better at basketball now
I agree 100%. There are many kids I run across, including my own, who are smart, articulate, hard working, and care. There is a huge disparity between them and their peers. My kids regularly complain about how “stupid” the other kids are. Constantly on Tik-tok and other social media. Caring about what celebritards and athletes say and think. Worried about offending the “protected” classes; all that. Just stupid kids beyond what is a normally stupid kid.
I am positively convinced that children raised by a 2-parent household that care about their children are far, far ahead of their peers. It’s almost night and day.
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Dumbasses breeding with other dumbasses. Paid for by your tax dollars.
Among the whole population, or just congress?
OOOOH OOOOOH...I KNOW!!!
Climate Change
Too many electronic devices eliminate the need for much problem-solving. Hence, that primal ability never gets developed. Why invent something when you can use a canned solution? Also, things like cell phones take up WAY too much of kids’ time, when they should be out exploring nature and puttering around with things.
The purpose of an education should be to develop a good âBS Meterâ.
Now the purpose is to create a race of dumbed-down automotons, who will do what they are told.
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The dumbed-down theory has been around awhile. The theory used to be industrial capitalists were educating the working class for labor in industry.
Now we now live in a world of highly educated people from all over the globe, who work in private and public corporate bureaucracies, but the dumbed-down automotons still exist.
They just have a plethora of credentials and are into whatever “Great Woke Crusade” that moves to the forefront.
No one has mentioned the rise of the internet. TikTok, on demand content streaming, and the like is sucking the intellect from an entire generation of youth. Book reading is in serious decline.
Low IQ is caused by lack of fathers in some homes. Sad.
It’s all about the turn towards mediocrity in the education system, and how people depending on computers to do a lot of what people used to use their brains for. But, the social media and gaming online means that kids and adults have their brains engaged on a lot o things that have not much to do with learning and using their brains.
But, a lot of it is about how educators and governments don’t want people to be ‘smart’, since smart people tend to be take care of themselves and less dependent on government. Big government needs dumb and uneducated people.
No. Weâve changed basketball to accommodate lower IQ playersâŚ
Yep. You’re echoing things I said in post #14.
Electronic media is not real life and in spite of appearances, is not as complicated. It doesn’t challenge the mind in deep or expansive ways.
As for leftism, critical thinking is anathema to the agenda.
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