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Natural selection making 'education genes' rarer, says Icelandic study
Tempting as it may be, it would be wrong to claim that with each generation humans are becoming more stupid. As scientists are often so keen to point out, it is a bit more complicated than that. A study from Iceland is the latest to raise the prospect of a downwards spiral into imbecility. The research from deCODE, a genetics firm in Reykjavik, finds that groups of genes that predispose people to spend more years in education became a little rarer in the country from 1910 to 1975.
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Just wait 500 years, and we'll all be drinking Brawndo and watching "Aw, my balls!"
That show was awesome, definitely not enough air time during the movie!
It's obvious as to "the prospect of a downwards spiral into imbecility",
just look to the Gen Xers and Millennials.
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Gosh, I wonder if there was ever any other generation that, upon reaching a certain age, became convinced young people were lacking in some way.
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” Mark Twain
The age gap has two sides!
edit spelling.