Minds blown: are we getting dumber?
December 13, 2024
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as posted by the channelMany adults perform worse () in tests of literacy and numeracy than the average ten year old. And results have worsened in the past decade. Are our brains rotting? Russia’s economy () could finally be nosediving (720). And remembering Eichmann’s jailer, Shalom Nagar () (1400).
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