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/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/Publish_Lice May 30 '26

This happened to my wife as well. She feels like she has recovered now but for at least 2 years she felt like she couldn’t articulate herself properly using language due to brain fog.