>>12017657this is bullshit though, we are more incentivised to be 'smart' then ever.
The problem people are so upset with the average person being a dumbass is not that we are regressing, but that certain individuals and populations are outpacing others in leaps and bounds.
The average individual has never been as smart as today, and im not talking "knowledgeable" im talking problem solving, intuition, adaptability, ect.
Problem is our world vastly requires more and more of these traits in order to be successful, so the average knob looks like a bumbling ape. Fact is teleport him to the early bronze age and they would probably (with some initial luck to overcome the culture shock and lack of learned abilities as a child to survive) be a savant.
