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warpcrafter wrote:Unfortunately, educational standards are so low that people are not able to recognize a truly witty insult, and so many people use vulgarity so casually that is is not insulting. You really have skate on the fine line between lame and pointless with some people, and it is often unsatisfying, because their response is rarely anything more considered than whatever they heard on that days' episode of Jerry Springer or Jackass.

While I know Cracked.com isn't the most reliable resource being first and foremost a humor site, they do have some references to back up their statements in this article. Anyways apparently people aren't

getting any dumber but actually smarter, (for example average IQ scores have gone up by 24 points since 1914) really though I'm not surprised because nowadays we can cram tons of info into our brains with a

simple click of a button past generations didn't have that luxury we are also exposed/accepting to more cultures and viewpoints as well.

http://www.cracked.com/article_18983_5-complaints-about-modern-life-that-are-statistically-b.s..html

daedalus wrote:

Albatross wrote:
I swear all the time and my IQ is 139.

IQ is not always a solid measure of raw intelligence, you addlepated fop.

Personally I find intelligence an unmeasurable quality as there is always going to be areas where some people are more knowledgeable than others.

biccat wrote:

Lord Scythican wrote:

biccat wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:(for example average IQ scores have gone up by 24 points since 1914)

Wait...what?

Cracked.com never lies to us. IQ scores have gone up, but common sense has went way down...

Modern measures of intelligence that use an IQ score normalize scores to a median value of 100. IQ scores can't go "up." Intelligence can go up, but IQ is basically static.

I meant that the average population scored higher on the test not the actual scoring method.

Avatar 720 wrote:That would depend on two things:

What is it laden with? (The greater variabe)
What type, African or European?

A better question would be:

What is the air speed velocity of an UNladen swallow?

Wait, I thought albatross was supposed to answer this.

Lord Scythican wrote:

biccat wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:(for example average IQ scores have gone up by 24 points since 1914)

Wait...what?

Cracked.com never lies to us. IQ scores have gone up, but common sense has went way down...

I beg to differ, people back then seemed lacking in common sense as well.

Mike Noble wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:

Lord Scythican wrote:

biccat wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:(for example average IQ scores have gone up by 24 points since 1914)

Wait...what?

Cracked.com never lies to us. IQ scores have gone up, but common sense has went way down...

I beg to differ, people back then seemed lacking in common sense as well.

The funny thing is, that picture is also on Cracked.

What a coincidence.