Leading Geneticist: Human Intelligence Declining

[celtic_crippler]

Would you be surprised to hear that the human race is slowly becoming dumber, and dumber? Despite our advancements over the last tens or even hundreds of years, some ‘experts’ believe that humans are losing cognitive capabilities and becoming more emotionally unstable.

Not at all, I have made this observation and speculated as to the cause. As with anything, there appear to be several contributing factors…

What are some of the ‘experts’ saying?

One Stanford University researcher and geneticist, Dr. Gerald Crabtree, believes that our intellectual decline as a race has much to do with adverse genetic mutations.

Further, the geneticist explains that people with specific adverse genetic mutations are more likely than ever to survive and live amongst the ‘strong.’ Darwin’s theory of ‘survival of the fittest’ is less applicable in today’s society, therefore those with better genes will not necessarily dominate in society as they would have in the past.

See what happens when you allow lawyers to win cases where an idiot places a cup of hot coffee between their legs and gets 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] degree burns? LOL

But wait, there’s more…

Researchers from Harvard have found that a substance rampant in the nation’s water supply, fluoride, is lowering IQ and dumbing down the population. The researchers, who had their findings published in the prominent journal Environmental Health Perspectives, a federal government medical journal stemming from the U.S National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, concluded that ”our results support the possibility of adverse effects of fluoride exposures on children’s neurodevelopment”.

There have been 24 studies that have found this association, yet fluoride is still added to our water supply. Why?

One study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that pesticides, which are rampant among the food supply, are creating lasting changes in overall brain structure — changes that have been linked to lower intelligence levels and decreased cognitive function. Specifically, the researchers found that a pesticide known as chlorpyrifos (CPF) has been linked to ”significant abnormalities”. Further, the negative impact was found to occur even at low levels of exposure.

Can you say, “Mansanto”? Sure, I knew you could…

Following 14,000 children, British researchers uncovered the connection between processed foods and reduced IQ. After recording the children’s’ diets and analyzing questionnaires submitting by the parents, the researchers found that if children were consuming a processed diet at age 3, IQ decline could begin over the next five years. The study found that by age 8, the children had suffered the IQ decline. On the contrary, children who ate a nutrient-rich diet including fruit and vegetables were found to increase their IQ over the 3 year period. The foods considered nutrient-rich by the researchers were most likely conventional fruits and vegetables.
Interestingly, one particular ingredient ubiquitous in processed foods and sugary beverages across the globe -high fructose corn syrup – has been tied to reduced IQ. The UCLA researchers coming to these findings found that HFCS may be damaging the brain functions of consumers worldwide, sabotaging learning and memory. In fact, the official release goes as far to say that high-fructose corn syrup can make you ‘stupid’.

Full Article: http://naturalsociety.com/leading-geneticist-human-intelligence-slowly-declining/

 

[Drasken]

I've been saying the world is going toward being like the movie idiocracy for some time now. This doesn't surprise me. Today's society seems to even reward stupidity now. Look at reality TV. I hear kids talking about wanting to be like the people on reality TV and all I can do is shake my head and sigh.

Problem is that a lot of people talk about the problem, so it's not really a secret. But not many people are actually doing anything about it.
Interesting article though, thanks for posting the link. It will come in handy for defending my point in a debate that my friend and I were having a few days ago.

 

[Cyriacus]

Dude. Have you SEEN kids TV shows? No wonder human intelligence is declining, were being taught to be stupid.

EDIT: The gent above sort of beat me to it