Teenagers are less intelligent than a generation ago, claims study

Capt'n Midnight · 01-03-2012 02:33PM #1

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3265302/Teenagers-are-less-intelligent-than-a-generation-ago-claims-study.html

The most intelligent 14-year-old in 2008 is now only on a par with the brightest 12-year-old in 1976, according to the findings.

So should the minimum age for drinking / driving / sex be raised by two years ? :pac:

amacachi · 01-03-2012 02:38PM

But average achievement was found to be similar in teenagers from both generations.

Perfect.

Rented Mule · 01-03-2012 02:40PM

But average achievement was found to be similar in teenagers from both generations.

It does show you low the standard has fallen.

TeddyTedson · 01-03-2012 02:41PM

They've skipped at least one generation there have they not?

summerskin · 01-03-2012 02:42PM

Rented Mule wrote: »

It does show you low the standard has fallen.

Q.E.D.

Defiler Of The Coffin · 01-03-2012 02:43PM

The slide began with txtspk. The slope has steepened with Facebook and Twitter. We need to give our children more mind-expanding drugs. It worked fine for the Steve Jobs and Beatles of the day.

lastlaugh · 01-03-2012 02:44PM

The people who carried out that study were teenagers and now they want to show us teenagers uo as stupid now just because there getting old the silly old coffin dodgers.

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Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 01-03-2012 02:45PM

Ah, the system works!

token101 · 01-03-2012 02:47PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3265302/Teenagers-are-less-intelligent-than-a-generation-ago-claims-study.html

So should the minimum age for drinking / driving / sex be raised by two years ? :pac:

The Torygraph? They'll have some stats backing up some claim by some toffee chewing, plaid clad Lord somewhere that National Service will make them smarter :rolleyes:

They don't need to be mathematicians because they have calculators and if it breaks there's Google. They probably based this on their ability to recite Enid Blyton novels. **** this survey and **** the toffs who came up with this idea.

smash · 01-03-2012 02:49PM

Dumb little bastards, with their youbooks and their facetubes and their rap music... When will it stop?

Daniel S · 01-03-2012 02:50PM

Hmmm....

"I was a smarter teenager than you are now! Nananananaaaanaaaa!"

Stupid study is stupid.

:pac:

scientific concepts such as volume, density, quantity and weight

How many people are doing science/engineering now compared to back then?

But average achievement was found to be similar in teenagers from both generations.

Yeah, I think it's better if we have this thread and ignore this little bit.

smash · 01-03-2012 02:54PM

The sad reality is that if you gave a 14yr old the mechano set you got off santa when you were 5, they probably couldn't build it.

Daniel S · 01-03-2012 02:57PM

smash wrote: »

The sad reality is that if you gave a 14yr old the mechano set you got off santa when you were 5, they probably couldn't build it.

I got mechano when I was about 5/6/7 or something. I didn't have a problem with it. It even had an engine! Only 18 now.

EDIT: Fcuk, I spent most of my childhood in the garage playing with drills/hammers and stuff.

RichieC · 01-03-2012 02:57PM

smash wrote: »

The sad reality is that if you gave a 14yr old the mechano set you got off santa when you were 5, they probably couldn't build it.

Yea but we couldn't say lol to a cat video when we were their age.

token101 · 01-03-2012 02:57PM

smash wrote: »

The sad reality is that if you gave a 14yr old the mechano set you got off santa when you were 5, they probably couldn't build it.

That's because you'd have eaten half the ****ing pieces or fed them to a sibling

smash · 01-03-2012 02:59PM

Daniel S wrote: »

I got mechano when I was about 5/6/7 or something. I didn't have a problem with it. It even had an engine! Only 18 now.

James May did a show about it. He brought old mechano sets into a school and split a class into teams. Even at that, and with instructions they couldn't do it.

Daniel S · 01-03-2012 03:02PM

smash wrote: »

James May did a show about it. He brought old mechano sets into a school and split a class into teams. Even at that, and with instructions they couldn't do it.

I saw that actually. I just think people don't want to do maths/science/engineering anymore because they don't need to. There's always someone else who will do it for them. I don't really know anyone who see's the good side of having a problem anymore.

D1stant · 01-03-2012 03:04PM

smash wrote: »

James May did a show about it. He brought old mechano sets into a school and split a class into teams. Even at that, and with instructions they couldn't do it.

Well that sounds like scientific proof to me!

smash · 01-03-2012 03:07PM

Daniel S wrote: »

I saw that actually. I just think people don't want to do maths/science/engineering anymore because they don't need to. There's always someone else who will do it for them. I don't really know anyone who see's the good side of having a problem anymore.

Most teenagers want to be celebrities. They don't care what they're famous for, they just want to be famous. Not surprising considering the fact that most celebs these days are famous for no apparent reason.

Ellis Dee · 01-03-2012 03:07PM

This is, I suspect, part of the Torygraph's effort to dumb itself down to the Daily Hatemail's level of tut-tuttery. :rolleyes:

Typically, it takes a classic example of voodoo science with results that suit its agenda of turning the world back to the "good old days", which never existed in reality but cling vividly to existence in right-wing false memories.:)

For one thing, 14-year-olds in 1976 wouldn't have had the vaguest clue how to send text messages or surf the Internet for porn sites with bypassable access codes, things that any self-respecting 10-year-old today can do almost with his or her eyes closed.:D:D

smash · 01-03-2012 03:08PM

Ellis Dee wrote: »

or surf the Internet for porn sites with bypassable access codes, things that any self-respecting 10-year-old today can do almost with his or her eyes closed.:D:D

Not for long... thanks very much Minister Sherlock... you cock!

Daniel S · 01-03-2012 03:09PM

smash wrote: »

Most teenagers want to be celebrities. They don't care what they're famous for, they just want to be famous. Not surprising considering the fact that most celebs these days are famous for no apparent reason.

Jesus, don't even get me started on that!

My brother wants to go to college so he gets rich. He can't choose a course but doesn't seem to matter at all....

Chuck Stone · 01-03-2012 03:09PM

smash wrote: »

James May did a show about it. He brought old mechano sets into a school and split a class into teams. Even at that, and with instructions they couldn't do it.

In fairness I think mechano is a thing individual kids interested in that kinda thing seek out rather than a thing a group of kids would do well.

'The James May test' is not exactly a longitudinal scientific sample of mechano abilities in yoofs.

Cantona's Collars · 01-03-2012 03:22PM

Kids these days are more tech savvy but have shorter attention spans,the longest thing they might concentrate on is X Factor.

Maybe they are less intelligent when it comes to traditional stuff (even reading a book) but compensate in other ways,progress really.

Nothingbetter2d · 01-03-2012 03:39PM

Daniel S wrote: »

I got mechano when I was about 5/6/7 or something. I didn't have a problem with it. It even had an engine! Only 18 now.

EDIT: Fcuk, I spent most of my childhood in the garage playing with drills/hammers and stuff.

building a dungeon where you?

Nothingbetter2d · 01-03-2012 03:41PM

zerks wrote: »

Kids these days are more tech savvy but have shorter attention spans,the longest thing they might concentrate on is X Factor.

Maybe they are less intelligent when it comes to traditional stuff (even reading a book) but compensate in other ways,progress really.

tv today has become so crap... everyone and his mother want to make "reality shows" most of which are no more realistic than a typical video game.

how does anyone even find watching a bunch of scousers talking about chavvy fashion or make up interesting? or a bunch of tossers locked up in a house full of cameras for a few months.

Fight_Night · 01-03-2012 03:42PM

Stupid study really.

token101 · 01-03-2012 03:44PM

Daniel S wrote: »

I got mechano when I was about 5/6/7 or something. I didn't have a problem with it. It even had an engine! Only 18 now.

EDIT: Fcuk, I spent most of my childhood in the garage playing with drills/hammers and stuff.

Sounds like neglect. I reckon you could sue the parents like Macauley Culkin and get a mint. You'd be rich and famous like Neyo and Snooki and that blonde halfwit from Tallafornia.

Daniel S · 01-03-2012 03:47PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

building a dungeon where you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9NHWjNI8WI

Here's a picture of the beauty herself :pac:

http://mtb_kng.webs.com/Go%20Kart/IMG_0035.JPG

smash · 01-03-2012 03:55PM

Daniel S wrote: »

Here's a picture of the beauty herself :pac:

http://mtb_kng.webs.com/Go%20Kart/IMG_0035.JPG

Public roads on that death trap huh... I guess intelligence has dropped over the generations. :P

Teenagers are less intelligent than a generation ago, claims study

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