About the IQ, sorry to threadjack
but honestly, schools have been dumbing down the curriculum and such and trying to specialize it to the degree that this generation is not as well rounded as hte one before which isn't as well rounded as hte ones before, etc. it's not that people are not as intelligent, just that they aren't being taught as much in as many fields. Literature, history, the classics, for instance...and now it seems as if a lot of the science/evolution core is being removed as well and it keeps just going downward. As an example, in most liberal arts areas right now, college grads are not doing as well as highschool grads of 1950...
As for the actual IQ..totally different matter, but i dont' think we, as a current generation, are forced to use our minds as much. How many people jump to a calculator when asked anything dealing with math. I mean, if you want to have fun, go to a mcdonald's and buy something for $14.07 and give them 20.00, then after they ring in 20 to get the change amount, say, oh, here's 7 cents and watch their head explode trying to figure out how much to give you now...
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Chris
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