I wonder if you could analyze internet discussions for an effect.

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    Bored people can now tune into (source of entertainment) instead of learning.

    I don’t think the capacity for intelligence has dropped significantly, rather we as a society dedicate our time differently.

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      3 months ago

      entertainment

      Bingo. We have a winner.

      Lack of mental lifting. Critical thinking becomes too hard. Why innovate? The country has become fat, dumb and happy.

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    Causes :
    long covid ?
    micro plastics ?
    screen time ?
    sedentarism ?
    fast food ?
    lack of sleep ?
    other ?

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    So, I’ve seen a lot of people who were extremely sharp as PhD students become blunted as soon as 9–5 starts.

    A lot of decline among adults can likely be traced back to increased cognitive load during working hours, which chips away at intelligence over time as folks burn out.

    With kids it’s harder to place, maybe it’s walking the tightrope that is modern social interactions?

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    is anyone here talking about the systematic dismantling of public education and starving of teachers and children in terms of learning resources and actual food

    also i again have to complain about Idiocracy, the comedy film that suggests intelligent rich people will solve our problems and stupid poor people will doom society, where in reality you have incredibly wealthy and also incurious, unintelligent ghouls hoarding generational wealth, making it a top priority to have tons of children in order to make their ‘superior’ genes take over.