I can see your point, and there are paid bad actors online making people look worse, but if you use social media and engage with others, or read comments sections, overall it's less tolerant and using more simplistic words than ten years ago online. Of course it's not a study, but that's a red herring to deflect from the general direction there political class is.
Can you elaborate or provide further reading materials please Alex Isaac
Yakub Da Scientist
2025-01-16 04:48:28 +0000 UTC
I think the spirit of the question on gradual dumbness is closer to questions of being an informed civilian regarding things that matter like civic duty, critical thinking and media literacy, stuff jordies advocates for.
Bryan
2025-01-15 02:30:37 +0000 UTC
See my Christmas is the same menu but the ham is from a pig farm that sells butchered meat direct. Prawns from the seafood shop which gets fresh seafood directly. Who so doing Christmas any other way ?
Andrew Stanley
2025-01-15 01:53:37 +0000 UTC
Flynn effect apparently stopped
-thundergolfer-
2025-01-14 13:04:34 +0000 UTC
There’s evidence that we’re getting smarter on average. Look up the Flynn Effect
Hill Billy
2025-01-14 09:59:36 +0000 UTC
Id be surprised to find a book tracking aggregate dumbness as it's not well defined, but we all see it.
The IQ measure is designed so that 100 is average, so an empirical measure like that can't capture changes in dumbness. It could be dumbness could be like wealth where it gets concentrated, more people got dumber and elite few got smarter.
Bryan
2025-01-14 08:07:31 +0000 UTC
The Xmas ham critique is on point.
Shell
2025-01-14 03:12:15 +0000 UTC
I hope you don’t seriously consider your social media feed good evidence. People are very dumb now, yes, but they were also very dumb decades ago.
I’m liable to agree, but we should seek real evidence (from books)
-thundergolfer-
2025-01-13 18:31:15 +0000 UTC
Just looked up the L.A fires, the water is due to one family who grow one type of plant just like cotton farmers in Australia. And the death toll is too high, but the fires going through the riches properties is nice for once.
Alex Isaac
2025-01-13 10:36:42 +0000 UTC
Cold ham is great, but we use a sharp knife. Prawns are from the fish market for us and plenty of antipasto for our gatherings.
Alex Isaac
2025-01-13 10:16:02 +0000 UTC
You don't need a book to see it? Been online recently?
Alex Isaac
2025-01-13 09:22:54 +0000 UTC
Jordies which books you getting this “society is dumbing down” idea?
-thundergolfer-
2025-01-12 13:58:16 +0000 UTC
PEEP SHOW RULZ, Ya Cunts
Shane Parry
2025-01-12 10:02:34 +0000 UTC
At that intensity a blibical flood isn't going to do shit to those kind of fires
Bonglord69
2025-01-12 01:59:04 +0000 UTC
Superb pod gents
James howe
2025-01-11 21:53:15 +0000 UTC
“we’re not keeping this online are we?” does mislav know the pre-show gets recorded??