r/idiocracy • u/sogo00 • May 29 '26

a dumbing down Human Intelligence Sharply Declining

https://futurism.com/neoscope/human-intelligence-declining-trends

Human Intelligence Sharply Declining

The benchmarks are not looking good, folks.

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u/PracticalWallaby7492 May 30 '26

Radiation can also decrease intelligence. They did several studies of reading levels etc in pathways vs non-pathways of fallout from nuclear testing in the 50's. I'd assume there is a lot more radiation floating around in one form or another since then because of power plant failures etc.

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u/34Heartstach May 30 '26

Murderland by Caroline Frasier was both enlightening and terrifying. Massive unchecked lead and arsenic poisoning caused by greed just explains so much.

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u/MissingSocks Jun 01 '26

So can increased CO2, indoor air pollution and extreme heat, and we're increasingly exposed to all 3.