双语 | 最新研究：人类智商普遍开始下降 吓死宝宝了！

近日，医学类专业期刊《智慧》（Intelligence）一份最新调研称，西方国家居民的智商水平呈现持续下降趋势。甚至有研究称，整个人类的智商都在下降…

让我们随意来感受下美国的街头采访，简直智商感人~

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节约流量的童鞋来看看视频中几个让人笑喷的回答：

1. Q: Who were the two teams in WWII?

二战的两大阵营是谁？

A: George Bush vs. Saddam.

乔治•布什和萨达姆。

妹子，看你说的那么肯定，哪来的自信啊？！

2. Q: What do you think the TPP is？

TPP是什么？

A: Toilet paper products.

厕纸产品。

Yee君只服你的创意。话说细思一下也有道理，毕竟特朗普上台后直接宣布退出TPP（Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement，跨太平洋伙伴关系协定），感觉就像抛弃厕纸一样，可能这是个高智商路人，只是被套路了。

3. Q: How many sides does a triangle have?

三角形有几条边？

A: Damn! Four!

我去！四条吧！

思考了一下，发出一声感叹，然后给出了一个亮瞎眼的答案。

4. Q: Which state does KFC come from?

肯德基是哪个州的？

A: I don’t know, I really don’t know.

我不造，真心不造。

Q: Do you know what KFC stands for?

那你造KFC代表什么吗？

A: Kentucky Fried Chicken.

肯塔基州炸鸡

此处无声胜有声……

然鹅，人类整体智商下降也不是空穴来风，科学家们已经意识到这一问题，并进行了各种研究↓

Why are IQ’s dropping on a worldwide basis? This is a very interesting question.

为何全人类的智商都在下降？这是个有趣的问题。

The most pessimistic explanation as to why humans seem to be becoming less intelligent is that we have effectively reached our intellectual peak. Between the 1930s and 1980s, the average IQ score in the US rose by three points and in post-war Japan and Denmark, test scores also increased significantly – a trend known as the ‘Flynn effect’. This increase in intelligence was due to improved nutrition and living conditions – as well as better education – says James Flynn of the University of Otago, after whom the effect is named. This trend, however, has not only plateaued in recent years, it’s actually reversed.

对于人类智商似乎正在下降这一现象最悲观的解释是，我们的智商其实已达到了历史峰值。20世纪30至80年代，美国人的智商平均值提高了3分，战后的日本和丹麦的智商测试也出现了分值大幅增长的情况，这一趋势也被称为“弗林效应”。奥塔哥大学的詹姆斯·弗林称，这一智力增长现象缘于营养、居住和教育条件的提高。然而，最近这些年，这一趋势不但没有稳住，反而出现了逆转。

In France, a study was carried out by Edward Dutton and Richard Lynn in 2015 which concluded that IQ score levels are currently dropping by around 4 points per decade. Similar results have been echoed across Europe as academics from Brussels, Amsterdam and Ireland found similar results in a 2013 study, and tests carried out in Denmark and the UK have anticipated the same.

在法国，爱德华·达顿和理查德·林恩于2015年进行的一项调研结果表明，现在每十年智商的分值水平约降低4分。欧洲各地都出现了类似结果，来自布鲁塞尔、阿姆斯特丹和爱尔兰的学者在2013年的一项研究中得出了类似结论，丹麦和英国举行的智商测试也显示了同样的预期结果。

Westerns have lost 14 IQ points on average since the Victorian age, according to a study published by the University of Amsterdam last year. Jan te Nijenhuis thinks this could be because intelligent women tend to have less children than women who are not as clever, The Huffington Post reported. The perceived link between IQ and fertility is a very contentious one.

阿姆斯特丹大学去年发布的一项调研显示，自维多利亚时期以来，西方人的智商平均值下降了14分。据赫芬顿邮报报道，Jan te Nijenhuis认为这可能是由于高智商女性比智商偏低的女性生育的孩子更少而造成。智商与生育之间的可能性联系一直备受争论。

Dr Nijenhuis studied the results of 14 intelligence studies conducted between 1884 and 2004 to come to his conclusion. Each study measured peoples’ reaction times – how long they took to press a button after being prompted. It is claimed that reaction time mirrors mental processing speed – so it reflects intelligence.

Nijenhuis博士结合1884-2004年间的14项智力研究结果得出了自己的结论，每项研究都测试并记录了人们的反应时间，看他们在收到提示后多久会按下按钮。据称反应时间是大脑处理速度的体现，能够反映出智力水平。

They found that visual reaction times averaged 194 milliseconds in the late 19th Century, but in 2004, they had increased to 275 milliseconds. This would suggest that people have become less intelligent, they said.

他们发现19世纪末人们的平均视觉反应时长为194毫秒，到2004年，这一数据增长至275毫秒，这意味着人们的智力水平有所下降。

Now some experts believe we are starting to see the end of the Flynn effect in developed countries – and that IQ scores are not just leveling out, but declining. Scientists including Dr Flynn think better education can reverse the trend and point out the perceived decline could just be a blip. However, other scientists are not so optimistic.

如今有专家认为我们开始看到弗林效应在发达国家走向终结，智商得分不但没有保持，反而出现下降。包括弗林在内的科学家认为提高教育质量可以逆转这一趋势，并指出已知的下降情况可能只是暂时的。虽然如此，另一些科学家却没有如此乐观。

Some believe the Flynn effect has masked a decline in the genetic basis for intelligence, so that while more people have been reaching their full potential, that potential itself has been declining. Some have even contentiously said this could be because educated people are deciding to have fewer children so that subsequent generations are largely made up of less intelligent people.

有人认为弗林效应掩盖了智力基因基础的削弱趋势，虽然能够充分发挥潜能的人数量有所增长，但潜力本身正在缩水。有人甚至认为原因在于受过教育的人不再愿意生那么多孩子，导致后代的构成比例以智商稍逊的人群为主，这种说法颇受争议。

Although the drop in IQ levels was recently presented in the controlled media (and the Daily Mail in particular) as some type of mysterious drop to which no easily-identifiable cause could be attributed. According to the statistics, IQ test results in the UK, Denmark, and Australia have shown a significant decline in the past decade alone, and the average IQ of “Westerners” has plunged 10 points or more since 1900.

近日，受控媒体（特别是《每日邮报》）报道了智商水平的谜之下降，并表明下降的原因不易辨明。数据表明，过去十年间，英国、丹麦、澳大利亚的智商测验结果有明显下降；自1900年起，“西方人”的平均智商至少减了10分。

In the UK, for example, tests carried out in 1980 and in 2008 showed that the average 14-year-old was two IQ points cleverer in 1980. Brighter teens who took part in the study in 2008 were on average six IQ points less intelligent than their counterparts tested 28 years earlier. What the tests did not disclose was that the number of nonwhite British pupils in primary schools as of 2012 was 27.1 percent of the total in primary schools, and 23.4 percent in secondary schools. At this rate of reproduction, nonwhites will be the majority of the population under the age of 21 in the UK by 2030.

举例来说，英国分别于1980年和2008年进行的智商测验表明，1980年，平均年龄14岁的人智商分数要比2008年高2分。2008年，更聪明的青少年参加了研究，他们智商的平均分比28年前的对照组少了6分。测验没有透露的是，2012年非白人英国小学生的数量占学生总数的27.1%，中学生占23.4%。按照如今的生育率，到2030年，英国21岁以下的非白人群体将占人口的大多数。

The nations with the highest IQ are all Asian and the Chinese have the Highest IQ as a group. Having the highest overall IQ does not mean that that nation has all the geniuses. Russia, America and Europe in general has produced some of the smartest individuals in history.

智商最高的国家全在亚洲，华人是智商最高的群体，但整体智商最高并不意味着那个国家拥有所有天才。总的来说，俄罗斯、美国和欧洲出现了一批历史上最聪明的人物。

最后附上国外调查网站IQ Research的数据，中国大陆平均智商105，与日本同列第三，中国香港和新加坡以平均108的高智商并列第一，韩国第二。乃们随便感（ao）受（jiao）下~~

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