Average IQ is interestingly increasing.
Average IQ is interestingly [increasing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect).
It is an interesting point wondering how much our increased schooling increases tested IQ levels because of the skills students gain in test taking
It is an interesting point wondering how much our increased schooling increases tested IQ levels because of the skills students gain in test taking
I imagine quite a bit. Many people in different domains have observed than when a variable becomes the center of research or the target of policy, the causal relationships break down, cannot be used, or predictions about it become spurious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%27s_law
I imagine quite a bit. Many people in different domains have observed than when a variable becomes the center of research or the target of policy, the causal relationships break down, cannot be used, or predictions about it become spurious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%27s_law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_critique
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNamara_fallacy
Do we know that average IQ didn't just drop?