Resumen de Can we keep getting smarter?
The article discusses human intellectual capacity in light of the Flynn effect, or the sustained increased in intelligence quotient (IQ) test scores over the last century and in many parts of the world. Topics include how researchers believe the Flynn effect represents the use of abstract knowledge to understand the modern world, and how minds adept at abstract thinking can produce technologies conducive to enhancing abstract thinking. Additional information is presented on how the industrial revolution fostered public education and technical employment.
