tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post111599683975203843..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Are we getting smarter? Why?Steve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-41881736223661072122012-07-16T09:39:01.191-04:002012-07-16T09:39:01.191-04:00Yeah. We're getting skinnier too. HahahaYeah. We're getting skinnier too. HahahaJennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1116266298721059532005-05-16T13:58:00.000-04:002005-05-16T13:58:00.000-04:00MadJock,Read the abstract to the Flynn and Dickens...<B>MadJock</B>,<BR/><BR/>Read the abstract to the Flynn and Dickens paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1116206808017549082005-05-15T21:26:00.000-04:002005-05-15T21:26:00.000-04:00The average is increasing, but where is the gain c...The average is increasing, but where is the gain coming from? Given the same scoring, how would the distribution curves compare across the decades?<BR/><BR/>Is everyone getting equally smarter? Or are previously neglected groups being educated now in a way they weren't, raising the results at the lower end of the scale, leaving the top end untouched. Or are they just as dumb and left behind whileMadJockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544687822699938461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1116086729176784732005-05-14T12:05:00.000-04:002005-05-14T12:05:00.000-04:00Yes, it is seems unavoidable that interaction betw...Yes, it is seems unavoidable that interaction between genes and environment plays a big role. Environment is the only thing varying in the Flynn effect, as the distribution of genes has not changed much in the last 100 years.Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1116016891958106172005-05-13T16:41:00.000-04:002005-05-13T16:41:00.000-04:00Flynn and Dickens have a plausible model of why wo...Flynn and Dickens have a <A HREF="http://www.apa.org/releases/iqmodel.html" REL="nofollow">plausible model</A> of why world IQs are increasing.<BR/><BR/>One thing to note about their model is that they invoke gene/environment interactions. <BR/><BR/>The usual debate about "N% genes, 100 - N% environment" is silly because there's no reason to think IQ should follow the standard, coarse addivive Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com