Steven Johnson on IQ increase and popular media

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Wired Article: Why are IQ test scores rising around the globe?

excerpt:"Next to global warming and Moore's law, the so-called Flynn effect may be the most revealing line on the increasingly crowded chart of modern life - and it's an especially hopeful one. We still have plenty of problems to solve, but at least there's one consolation: Our brains are getting better at problem-solving.".....
"The best example of brain-boosting media may be videogames. Mastering visual puzzles is the whole point of the exercise - whether it's the spatial geometry of Tetris, the engineering riddles of Myst, or the urban mapping of Grand Theft Auto. "

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Now, I didn't read that article, but it is common knowledge in psychology that IQ scores rise with time. It is common knowledge that IQ tests have to be adapted, and that any 80 year old will score worse on an IQ test of today then they would have in their time, just because there is more that a person is expected to know.

Just like biochemistry in medical school.
In my aunties days, there was the Krebs cycle. That was it.
Today there are volumes more of stuff.. and we have to keep up with it.
So do IQ scores.. people don't get smarter..

What do IQ scores say?`
What kind of intelligence do they measure?

Am happy to give you a private lecture on that one day, Darlene :o)