Brits getting dumber, middle class children adopting CHAV culture may be to blame.

[ctmelvital]

Tests carried out in 1980 and again in 2008 show that the IQ score of an average 14-year-old dropped by more than two points over the period.

Among those in the upper half of the intelligence scale, a group that is typically dominated by children from middle class families, performance was even worse, with an average IQ score six points below what it was 28 years ago.


"It looks like there is something screwy among British teenagers," said Professor Flynn. "While we have enriched the cognitive environment of children before their teenage years, the cognitive environment of the teenagers has not been enriched.

[...]

"What we know is that youth culture is more visually orientated around computer games than they are in terms of reading and holding conversations."

[...]

Professor Flynn also believes that the larger drop in IQ among the upper half of the ability range could be due to effects of social class.

He said: "IQ gains are typically correlated by class, but the results in this case are very mixed. Maybe the rebellious peer culture of the lower half of British society has invaded the peer culture of the upper half."

Stolen from Econlog.

 

[Conchaga]

WTF? Serious topics? Why?

 

[CaptainWacky]

Computer game skills will be more valuable than reading in the later 21st century anyway.

 

[curiousa2z]

you read it here folks!

 

[ctmelvital]

WTF? Serious topics? Why?

Saint Lucifer is spamming up the "serious topics" board.

 

[Conchaga]

Well, volpone hasn't been around dropping tons of new articles for us to ignore. At least someone's picking up the slack of posting shit I won't read.

 

[Mentalist]

British culture has degenerated and the youth is the worst in the developed world.

 

[SaintLucifer]

Computer game skills will be more valuable than reading in the later 21st century anyway.

Hark, another idiot speaks!

 

[SaintLucifer]

British culture has degenerated and the youth is the worst in the developed world.

The same culture that civilised the entire world.

 

[SaintLucifer]

Saint Lucifer is spamming up the "serious topics" board.

I do not 'spam'. To do so is beneath my station.

 

[ctmelvital]

At least the article was short. Or rather the excerpts were short.

 

[SaintLucifer]

At least the article was short. Or rather the excerpts were short.

Like your momma's dick.

 

[WillsZenith]

Computer game skills will be more valuable than reading in the later 21st century anyway.

thats why you me, and menty own the arcade

 

[SaintLucifer]

thats why you me, and menty own the arcade

And this stirs the pride within your soul? Rather sad.

 

[ctmelvital]

Like your momma's dick.

I would hope so. A bit longer though.

 

[SaintLucifer]

I would hope so. A bit longer though.

At least you admit she has a dick.

Spoiler

 

[FBI parte due]

Maybe there is a chance I'll get to transfer to the SOAS after all.

 

[ctmelvital]

Maybe there is a chance I'll get to transfer to the SOAS after all.

You'll get stabbed by a gang after moving there.

 

[FBI parte due]

I'll just make sure everybody knows I'm an American. EVERYBODY loves Americans!

 

[Conchaga]

And this stirs the pride within your soul? Rather sad.

Don't be upset that you can't play.

I'll just make sure everybody knows I'm an American. EVERYBODY loves Americans!

At SOAS? Yeah, they'll bloody love yah!