Are We Getting Stupider?

A cluster of studies suggest that average IQ has fallen in recent years after decades of steady increases. One explanation is the greater influence of youth culture and the decreased influence of older people on the young.

Westerns have lost 14 IQ points on average since the Victorian age, according to a study published by the University of Amsterdam last year. Jan te Nijenhuis thinks this could be because intelligent women tend to have less children than women who are not as clever,

What does this mean? I’m not sure, but I bet a previous generation could have figured it out!