I read somewhere that MENSA had noticed an increase in the percentage of people that met their high-IQ standards, and thus had to raise their bar. There was some speculation as to the correlation of video games and other visually-intensive activities and higher IQs in newer generations, but there was no direct evidence. Even if a strong correlation were to be found, people have been debating forever what it really means to have a high IQ --- Many members of MENSA and others who have high IQs are almost as likely to have jobs in manual labor and to despise mathematics.
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I read somewhere that MENSA had noticed an increase in the percentage of people that met their high-IQ standards, and thus had to raise their bar. There was some speculation as to the correlation of video games and other visually-intensive activities and higher IQs in newer generations, but there was no direct evidence. Even if a strong correlation were to be found, people have been debating forever what it really means to have a high IQ --- Many members of MENSA and others who have high IQs are almost as likely to have jobs in manual labor and to despise mathematics.