Are We becoming too Dumb to Solve Climate Change?
Could this trend potentially affect our collective efforts to combat climate change?
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- Video narrated by Cormac Bren – Sound and Music by Epic Stock Media http://epicstockmedia.com – Additional video material via Pixabay.com, NASA, and Unsplash.com
- IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/13/health/falling-iq-scores-study-intl/index.html
- High CO2 Levels Inside & Out: Double Whammy? https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2016/07/indoor-co2-dumb-and-dumber
- Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/27/air-pollution-causes-huge-reduction-in-intelligence-study-reveals
- Xi Chen discusses the study he co-authored on air pollution and intelligence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W3bCOr5rqo
- If we were really smart, we’d get over our fixation on the IQ test https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/17/dumbing-down-or-need-better–smarter-measure
- Are we getting smarter or dumber, or both? Frank Salter interviews Michael A. Woodley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taw5O7-VKks
- Teaser image via https://unsplash.com/photos/XhMSz5I1kn8 Photo by Alex Iby on Unsplash
Tags: 2018, Climate Action, Intelligence, IQ, Pollution, Psychology, Study, Video
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