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		magicnubs on May 22, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IQ rates are dropping in many developed countries Hasn't it only "fallen" by something like 1 point? That seems like it may easily be due to some (potentially very hard to identify) confounder.

rocqua on May 22, 2019 [–]

If it fell 1 point per 10 years, but used to grow 3 points, that is a much stronger change than the bare number suggests. (My numbers are made up and unsourced)

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