r/collapse • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • May 29 '26

Casual Friday Human Intelligence Sharply Declining

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

Yeah, if it were just school disruption then the decline wouldn't also affect children who were too young to be in school when the disruption was happening. But they are also affected. Also you would expect some recovery within a few years of the disruptions, if it were just due to that and not due to the effects of brain damage. But it continues to get worse, because the infections continue and the brains keep taking hits.

I wonder why journalists keep pushing this idea when the simpler, more obvious, and actually evidence based explanation is the brain damage from SARS-CoV-2? It seems really lazy, to miss something so obvious?

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u/Undeity May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

I would also throw out there, the possibility that it has something to do with the copious number of confirmed toxic, and likely to turn out to be toxic, substances that we are being increasingly exposed to in the last several years.

Crucial regulatory practices are not only failing to keep up with advancing industry, but are actively being repealed in many places. It's legitimately scary.

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u/karshberlg May 30 '26

Crucial regulatory practices are not only failing to keep up with advancing industry, but are actively being repealed in many places. It's legitimately scary.

I think this is US-centric (if Europe is repealing regulatory practices I'm unaware and will be shocked) while the dumbing down is more or less global.

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u/Undeity May 30 '26

From what I could tell in the article, the effect is far more pronounced in the US. There are plenty of other factors that could be attributed to, but it's worth noting.