Is humanity getting dumber as technology "advances"?

[Gold]

It's more like...the more technology advances, the more humanity disconnects. It's such a weird thing.

We have more contact with each other, yet the choices we make for the sake of attention is like an addiction.... So many fragmented groups...so much sensitivity, so little compassion, so little comprehension, so much pride....so little responsibility....

get it together..

Posts like this is why I refrained from responding to this thread.
Not trying to get at you, but this honestly makes 0 sense.

You think society was connected in the dark ages? You think there was more compassion in the 1400s? You think there was more comprehension in the fuedal system?

Like ya'll don't even know what ya'll are talking about.

Technology isn't making ya'll dumber, threads like these are

 

[Retired Account]

Technology actually complicated things - the simplicity of the ancient man made him wiser/smarter.

And who said a lot of the ancient civilizations weren't privy to the information we've? How do you think they were able to lay the foundation for everything we built on and understood the solar system better than we do without the technology we used?

Most ancient men were stuck doing shyt like farming.

 

[SubZero]

Posts like this is why I refrained from responding to this thread.
Not trying to get at you, but this honestly makes 0 sense.

You think society was connected in the dark ages? You think there was more compassion in the 1400s? You think there was more comprehension in the fuedal system?

Like ya'll don't even know what ya'll are talking about.

Technology isn't making ya'll dumber, threads like these are

The fact that you have said a lot without actually saying anything cerebral adds credence to what I posited. Lacking depth/content is an example of being dumb.

No one asked for your opinion and if something is beyond your knowledge scope, it is better to ignore it than expose your ignorance.

 

[Illified infinitely]

Society is just advancing. People are smarter I think. It's just the fukkery gets all the attention. If anything we are relying too much on technology. But I think the next generation will be the ones to advance it even further. They will learn from the millenials mistakes and really push the boundaries. You think all these lies and deceit won't get exposed in th future? Well you are mistaken.

 

[Gold]

The fact that you have said a lot without actually saying anything cerebral adds credence to what I posited. Lacking depth/content is an example of being dumb.

No one asked for your opinion and if something is beyond your knowledge scope, it is better to ignore it than expose your ignorance.

Define intellect as you see it.

This is the first thing you should have done btw

 

[SubZero]

Define intellect as you see it.

This is the first thing you should have done btw

Don't ask someone above your level a dumb question.

Musings are there to be debated. If you don't have the brain matter to pick it apart and debate it, leave it there. Don't bring your pseudo-intellectualism and vacuous arrogance around me. Do it with the other weirdos.

 

[Retired Account]

Is not technology so much as it is the access to information...

We live in a world where people think a wikipedia page is gospel...even though anyone can edit a wikipedia page to say anything...

As far as IQ...eh...that should be a whole other thread cause some of the absolute dumbest people i have met in my life actually had print out of their high scores for IQ test hanging at their desk...

Most people were never avid readers. The same people who look at wikipedia as the gospel, would ask somebody or make something up if there was no internet.

 

[LEEeveryday]

Posts like this is why I refrained from responding to this thread.
Not trying to get at you, but this honestly makes 0 sense.

You think society was connected in the dark ages? You think there was more compassion in the 1400s? You think there was more comprehension in the fuedal system?

Like ya'll don't even know what ya'll are talking about.

Technology isn't making ya'll dumber, threads like these are

This is why I think society has a comprehension problem.

We have many fragmented groups
People are highly sensitive
Compassion is lacking
Comprehension is suffering
Pride is much too prominent
Responsibility is lacking

Do you agree or not? If you agree, how does that not make sense in reference to my post?

What do the dark ages or the 1400s or the feudal system have to do with the issues that are plaguing the people in today's society now?

Don't over complicate things.

 

[Gold]

Don't ask someone above your level a dumb question.

Musings are there to be debated. If you don't have the brain matter to pick it apart and debate it, leave it there. Don't bring your pseudo-intellectualism and vacuous arrogance around me. Do it with the other weirdos.

You pose a question and open up the forum for discussion yet you cannot even properly define the subject matter you wish to discuss.

Do you subscribe to the theory of multiple intelligences?


Spatial Intelligence
Musical-Rhytmic Intelligence
Interpersonal Intelligence
Verbal Intelligence
Logical Mathematical Intelligence
Naturalistic Intelligence
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Existential Intelligence
Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence

You could make the argument that somethings such as interpersonal intelligence has taken a nosedive in the advent of social media and smart phones, but on the flipside you could say that naturalistic and kinesthetic intelligence have only seen improvements due to technological advancement.

In addition to that, where would you place logical mathematical intelligence on that spectrum. We continue to make innovations in those fields, i would be interested to see where you place that.

However you seem to be getting offended at my suggestion that you should define what you are talking about before asking other people to opine.

You seem sensitive, which is completely unnecessary to this conversation

 

[Gold]

This is why I think society has a comprehension problem.

We have many fragmented groups
People are highly sensitive
Compassion is lacking
Comprehension is suffering
Pride is much too prominent
Responsibility is lacking

Do you agree or not? If you agree, how does that not make sense in reference to my post?

What do the dark ages or the 1400s or the feudal system have to do with the issues that are plaguing the people in today's society now?

Don't over complicate things.

Of course I agree, but what does any of that have to do with technology unless you are going to make a comparison to a less technologically advanced time period?

 

[LEEeveryday]

Of course I agree, but what does any of that have to do with technology unless you are going to make a comparison to a less technologically advanced time period?

There are many facets of technology.

I was focused on social media, which has derived from an advancement in technology.... Everything I mentioned is evident in that climate.

 

[HellRell804]

Trump winning the election kills all "the world is too pc" arguments.

Trump won exactly because the world got too PC. White men got sick of that bullshyt. And when they started talking like men again and mobilized, right or wrong it turned their women on and they fell in line. Black men would do well to take a lesson in that defeat but nah we got just hide behind the women and scream

That'll work

 

[Won Won]

Maybe not dumber, but definitely lazier

 

[Gold]

There are many facets of technology.

I was focused on social media, which has derived from an advancement in technology.... Everything I mentioned is evident in that climate.

Well if the thread was "Is humanity getting dumber interpersonally in the advent of social media" then you had a rep worthy post.

I'm not obtuse, I understood exactly what @SubZero meant and I figured this would be what most people are debating when they think about "technology" and "intelligence".

However, you can't use that small facet (as you put it) and make a grand sweeping statement and not expect to get checked.

 

[HellRell804]

Posts like this is why I refrained from responding to this thread.
Not trying to get at you, but this honestly makes 0 sense.

You think society was connected in the dark ages? You think there was more compassion in the 1400s? You think there was more comprehension in the fuedal system?

Like ya'll don't even know what ya'll are talking about.

Technology isn't making ya'll dumber, threads like these are

I think what he was getting at was that even though on paper we're more connected, most people use social media and 24/7 news only to form certain bubbles of group think.

Whereas back in the day your community was your community. If your neighbor had a dissenting opinion you had to hear him out if you were going to interact. There was no Facebook or twitter to filter out who disagreed with you before you went out in public and you can't "block" someone from real life.

And if we're at a community gathering and you say something I disagree with, if I truly believed you were wrong that would force me to research both yours and my own claims. Without biased media to twist the numbers and give you an opinion you would be forced to look at the raw data and come to your own conclusion. This leads to a more informed populous.

People back in the day had less access to this data than we do but we don't even us it. So while we know more useless trivia and facts, we're actually dumber because most of us lack the reasoning to form our own opinions