Thursday, January 18, 2024

Are you educated and smart or just smart?

 The perception that university students possess significantly higher IQs than the general population is debunked by recent findings. A meta-analysis covering IQ scores from 1939 to 2022 reveals that the average IQ of today's undergraduate students is 102, merely aligning with the general population. This decline, averaging 0.2 IQ points per year, correlates with the increased accessibility of higher education over the last 80 years. For a more in-depth exploration of educational trends and insights, delve into https://essays.edubirdie.com/finance-assignments so it's time for a paradigm shift, recognizing students as average individuals, prompting adjustments in academic standards, and dispelling outdated myths about intellectual superiority among university attendees.


People have been worried that the labs are hiring more people without college degrees but the new study suggests that is not something to worry about. In some ways it might just be better to hire people without degrees at a younger age and teach them very specific skills rather than general skills. Since college and non-college educated people are now about on the same level in abilities to learn why not just skip the college part?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...


I think college is something you earn in high school so you can have four years fun.

Anonymous said...

After I retired, my wife convinced me that we needed to move out of California. She's Smart.

Anonymous said...


How can someone be smart but not educated? In the world of fake news, right wing extremeness, and
Fox news propaganda we need more education now than ever.

Anonymous said...

One should not confuse indoctrination with education.

Anonymous said...

2:29, ironically, your post provides its own answer.

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