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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was thinking the same thing. We would have to look at results from 2015 for example.

And I found this:

This is from 2012. 16-24 had lower results than 25-34 so maybe it is a normal situation?

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Interesting.

Yes that was my suspicion.

I think this would be a more solid trend if the 16-24 bracket ages, and ends up less intelligent when they’re 25-34.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So would you say that the article OP posted is misleading, and that the 16 to 24 bracket had also previously done worse on the test?

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That’s the suspicion.

To be more accurate, I’d argue the data isn’t yet strong enough to support the headline.