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Argos's avatar

Is the 8th grade exam supposed to be impressive? It looks quite easy, and at least the math (arithmetic) sections looks to be at a lower level than what current 8th graders are taught in most Western countries.

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Thanks for the interesting article Peter.

I'm curious, your conclusion appears to be that the Flynn effect is in essence not "real" (i.e., not measuring what we really care about w.r.t increasing IQ) at a population level.

Then does that suggest that at the individual level one could improve their IQ? If so, isn't this a highly controversial claim in your field?

Further, wouldn't it suggest that IQ is becoming a worse rather than better at approximating somebody's level of intelligence?

Thanks again for the interesting piece.

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