CristyCurves 169032 Report post Posted November 24, 2012 A recent study has found that humans are getting dumber. they believe that our ancestors were smarter. Here is the link to the story-lol, I'm certainly not getting smarter as i can't get it to work! www.newsfeed.time.com/...umans-are-evolving-to-be-dumber/. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest *ig*a** Report post Posted November 24, 2012 Me like ughhh. Posted via Mobile Device Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neebleton 2940 Report post Posted November 24, 2012 Here's the correct link for you :) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300292 Report post Posted November 24, 2012 Interesting article, but I have to disagree with the findings. Basically our prehistoric ancestors dealt with and overcame the obstacles of his environment and today man (and woman) deals with and overcomes the obstacles of his environment. It is in my opinion an apples and oranges comparison True we may not have the same challenges of our prehistoric ancestors. But by the same token our prehistoric ancestors don't have the challenges of today's world The only way to see if the assumption that our prehistoric ancestors are smarter is to put today's men and women in a prehistoric world, and put prehistoric men and women in today's world, which I realize is impossible RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parker 19761 Report post Posted November 24, 2012 An interesting rebuttal from the G&M on the subject... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/in-spite-of-the-evidence-we-humans-are-getting-smarter/article5364261/ 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Fantasy 144625 Report post Posted November 24, 2012 Blame google. 15 years ago you HAD to remember something, or it was a hassle to find it in books... now if you forget something you have your smartphone and you can just google it. Also random question-how many phone number do you know today? I know 3, my own, my work phone and my parents phone...when 15 years ago I knew at least 2 dozens... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedriver 6179 Report post Posted November 27, 2012 I do believe that we are smarter today overall as a species. In my eyes the advancments in technology is proof of that. But at the same time the world population has exploded and the earth is filled with people that have been protected from "Darwins Law of Evolution" thus creating a world population that has a higher percentage of dumb people that have been reproducing. IMHO both theories have some merit. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
