Humans are unevolving

Sobering analysis in the FT this morning about how cognitive abilities are declining. Drivers: decline in reading, rise in constant barrage of notifications/rapid context switching, unwillingness to engage intellectually and always take the TL;DR as gospel rather than think anything through properly.

For example the proportion of adults who can use mathematical reasoning to review and evaluate the validity of statements has declined everywhere (and particularly in the US where over a third of adults are now unable to do this)

I can only see this trend continuing with the rise of AI which will do stuff for you that you might previously have done yourself.

It's a concern.

Posted By: Old Man on March 14th 2025 at 11:45:46

Message Thread

Humans are unevolving (General Chat) - Old Man, Mar 14, 11:45:46
- Carlin is a genius Part 132 (General Chat) - usacanary, Mar 14, 12:22:00
  - Ban universities (General Chat) - footymadman, Mar 14, 17:50:20
    - The classic Ghostbusters scene.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Mar 14, 18:05:45
  - I clicked on a usac link and it was GOOD!!! Today is gonna be a good day!!! (General Chat) - DJ Ginga, Mar 14, 13:03:33
    - Hopefully you didnt click on the Adam Ant one...... (General Chat) - usacanary, Mar 14, 18:01:06
      - no i didn't as i like adam ant (General Chat) - DJ Ginga, Mar 14, 21:54:32
- The asteroid cant come quick enough for me. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Mar 14, 12:00:13
  - Meteor bits go for good money... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Mar 14, 12:33:17
- ^^^ whats he on about ^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 14, 11:50:04
  - I got as far as sobering and got distracted by someone (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Mar 14, 14:42:30

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.