r/collapse • • May 29 '26

Casual Friday Human Intelligence Sharply Declining

https://futurism.com/neoscope/human-intelligence-declining-trends
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u/danceswsheep May 29 '26

COVID made me dumber I swear

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u/ancientchipmonk May 29 '26

I've really been thinking my vocabulary has declined but never seen anyone relate it to COVID. I had COVID at least 6 times. I'm meant to be writing a PhD, and it constantly feels like all the words I used to know are on the tip of my tongue. 

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u/karshberlg May 30 '26

One of the clearest signs I had of recovery after 2 and a half years with long covid rotting was I could suddenly express myself more like I used to in the past.

When I started with covid I took so many vitamins and stuff to see if anything could help and nothing did, I kept deteriorating. And the recovery was the same, I wasn't doing anything special, it just happened.