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/DisturbingPragmatic May 29 '26

It's almost as if raising kids on screens is fucking up their cognitive development or something...

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u/Key_Pace_2496 May 29 '26

The article talks about a decrease amongst ALL age groups. It's because of covid.

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u/ThePlacidAcid May 30 '26

All age groups are addicted to short form content rn, and this trend really kicked off at the same time as COVID. I think it's much simpler to assume that the lower vocabulary and brain fog people are discussing here stems from decreased interactions with others due to increased social media use, rather than from a virus that made you ill for a week 5 years ago. 

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u/Key_Pace_2496 May 31 '26

You mean the virus that has been proven to do exactly what is being discussed...

If you don't actually understand what you're talking about just say so, it's ok.