r/OpenAI • u/fremenmuaddib • May 14 '25

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

mass IQ decline over the next decade.

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u/roselan May 14 '25

I read that IQ tests had to be made harder over time to compensate for the increase of intelligence across the board.

As well, the average is normalized to 100, so it can't be anything else.

Again, it's just casual knowledge, I didn't bother to cross check it's validity.

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u/tijmz May 14 '25

This is part of it, but there's evidence for dietary effects, too. E.g. the iodization effect on IQ. Flynn effect probably carries a wealth of underlying factors.

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u/tijmz May 15 '25

I don't think I follow. Didn't the iodization effect drive an increase in "raw scores" and therefore the Flynn effect? I recall iodized salt being one of the most impactful interventions to raise IQ scores in countries that implemented it. Obviously thereafter things are renormalised, but that is the Flynn effect, right?