“Differently intelligent”. “Reasoning less well”. That’s OK then.

How about, “Everyone's a genius now, in their own way”. Mixing the singular with plural, instead ‘his’ or ‘hers’. That’s nothing to do with intelligence: that’s ideology.

In Queensland, parents of primary school children are being asked what pronouns their Grade 1 tackers prefer!

Modern schooling (politicising) and teachers are crap. But, the problem is that, unlike in days of yore, people don’t continue ( of these days, start) learning after school.

"If you spend most of your waking life taking orders or kissing ass, if you get habituated to hierarchy, you will become passive-aggressive, sado-masochistic, servile and stupefied, and you will carry that load into every aspect of the balance of your life.”
[“The Libertarian as Conservative,” The Abolition of Work and other essays, pp. 147–8]

One of the best articles I ever read on this forum!

I fully agree.

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Now here is an I.Q. question:

“Which is more important, the sun or the moon?”

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“What a silly question! - The moon, of course!
It shines at night when we really need it. But who needs the sun to shine when it is already broad daylight?”

The over emphasis on IQ is pointless when mentality & common sense are being frowned upon !
All it does is exposing that many with high IQ can also be utterly stupid !
We witness that daily.

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I see it this way.
Several decades ago, when we were less intelligent, we still managed to forge ahead and make sense out of chaos.
This has enabled us to become the intelligent race that we are now.
So even if we slide backwards a bit intelligence wise, we won't be distressingly dumb?
We should still have enough awareness and reasoning power to save the day.
Just as we did before.
So worry not about the myriad of changes we can observe taking place around us.
It is good for people to have new ideas?
Good for them to explore the limits of what they can do with those ideas?
In practice, the ideas with merit will survive, and the others will fade away.
At least one hopes that is the way it will happen.
And provided that the general public has a firm grasp on reality and truth, it will be so.
Even if they are not very intelligent. ^_^
Otherwise, society could lead itself down a blind alley.
And take a generation to find its way out.
I favour the idea of clear thinking winning the day, and rescuing us from any potential disaster.