Theo Bekkers wrote:
TimC wrote:
Imagine how much smarter humanity would become in such a short time?
Evolution restored back to humanity, instead of humans becoming
stupider and stupider each year for the past 100 years.

someone mentioned about tv, where you don't have to think to be
entertained. where you don't have to participate.

i read a couple of studies years ago that proposed that children and
teenagers were gleaning life experience from watching TV. the thing that
they tried to cover was the fragmented nature of coverage to kids, ie
they never quite watched the whole thing through or didn't understand
all of the elements of the story, so they tried to apply the bits they
did understand without understanding the consequences.
how accurate this is i do not know.

Is this why young people appear to be more stupid?

young people take uneducated risks[2]. when you're older you tend to
take less risks[1]. older people have "values", you tend to get them
with real-life experience, as opposed to watching tv

cheers,

kim
[1] although older folk may not be more "educated" they may be more
experienced
[2] because they don't know the consequences