American IQs Are Dropping. Here's Why It Might Not Be a Bad Thing

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Why would this be? I see the reference in article to social media but the Flynn effect didn&#x27;t seem to be impacted by TV or other changes like that. Is smartphone use&#x2F;social media really that uniquely bad? Is it just nutrition and pollution? I don&#x27;t know what impact physical health has on IQ but I struggle to believe it&#x27;s positive

IQ is measured as your &#x27;intelligence&#x27; against whatever the average is in that population.<p>That&#x27;s why 140 IQ people nowadays are much smarter than 140 IQ people from 100 years ago. The overall average intelligence of a population tends to rise due to better education, access, etc.

Fascinating. Can I have a response to that article that the article cannot be used to ironically counterpoint

The best idea is to change scores so that we can be intelligent again.

It&#x27;s always frustrating when a headline says exactly the opposite of what the article itself does:<p>Headline:<p>&gt; American IQs Are Dropping<p>Article:<p>&gt; Dworak stressed that the decline in scores doesn&#x27;t necessarily mean Americans aren&#x27;t as intelligent as their grandparents or great-grandparents were. &quot;It doesn’t mean their mental ability is lower or higher; it&#x27;s just a difference in scores that are favoring older or newer samples,&quot; she said in a press release. &quot;It could just be that they&#x27;re getting worse at taking tests or specifically worse at taking these kinds of tests.&quot;