I have written a couple of times about “IQ 83,” by science fiction author Arthur Herzog. A man-made virus escapes a lab and begins reducing the intelligence of Americans to idiot levels. “Is We Getting Dummer?” shouts a typo-filed New York Times. The scientist responsible for the disaster desperately tries to come up with a cure before his own IQ drops so far that he is endorsing Kamala Harris and losing Scrabble games to Joe Biden. (OK, that last a part isn’t true; the book was published in 1978. The scientist would have become a Jimmy Carter supporter.)
This past primary Tuesday gave us more cause to wonder if the Founders’ audacious experiment is nearing a bad end. We may not be smart enough to keep a republic. In my previous IQ 83 post, I revealed that Michelle Wu, then a Democratic City Council member in Boston, argued that because use of the crumbling public transportation infrastructure of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority was dropping and rush-hour traffic was increasing, the solution would be to let everyone ride buses and subways for free. She explained that the system was too expensive to repair, see, so the solution was to stop getting any revenue from it at all, because public transportation “is a human right, like health care and education.” It was pointed out by some above an 83 IQ level that a free bus that doesn’t run very often isn’t worth much, but never mind.
The Rest of the Story: Wu was elected Mayor of Boston.
Six years later, the signs are no more promising:
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I think the overall appearance may be that average intelligence (read IQ) IS getting lower;
HOWEVER…
We really should at least consider that the average intelligence isn’t actually getting lower, but people are getting, or are indoctrinated to be, lazy. Instead of using intelligence, critical thinking, and logic to learn and make decisions, they’re just lazy and believe whatever biased narrative that fits their indoctrinated bias, and then they’re willing to climb on the bandwagon and go with the flow. This is what indoctrinated ignorant puppets do, why the hell would these indoctrinated drones rock the boat and suffer the wrath of the mob?
Really think about how lowering standards to the lowest common denominator in education systems from kindergarten through undergraduate college degrees does to the overall student population. Why should the really intelligent students work extra hard to get the top grades when they can be lazy, sluff off, party with their friends, get lower scores and still have high enough scores to be in the top of their graduating classes. Students are being taught (read indoctrinated) that excelling is pointless, being average is now considered above average, and an imbecile getting a wall full of participation trophies is damn near as good as a higher education degree. Even Ivy League colleges like Harvard and Yale have lowered standards.
The “The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America” that’s taken place in the late 20th and early 21st century’s is really just intelligent people that have been indoctrinated to be…
LAZY!!!
Let’s face it folks, digging into the propaganda narratives to prove that they’re lies sometimes takes a lot of work and the end result is that really smart people will be attacked by rally stupid and gullible people. The gullible seem to think that the loudest voices are the smartest voices.
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Lack of effort does not always reflect lack of intelligence.