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::Society builds on what is accomplished, and does not have to reinvent the wheel.  So technology and conservatism grow over time, but each generation is obviously less intelligent than the one before it.  [[The Federalist Papers]], for example, ran in an ordinary newspaper 224 years ago; today an average college student has trouble understanding them.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 20:13, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
 
::Society builds on what is accomplished, and does not have to reinvent the wheel.  So technology and conservatism grow over time, but each generation is obviously less intelligent than the one before it.  [[The Federalist Papers]], for example, ran in an ordinary newspaper 224 years ago; today an average college student has trouble understanding them.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 20:13, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
 
:::But they *can* understand Foucault and Derrida, and a much more complex level of mathematics, things that would possibly have been quite difficult 224 years ago [[User:JamesES|JamesES]] 20:21, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
 
:::But they *can* understand Foucault and Derrida, and a much more complex level of mathematics, things that would possibly have been quite difficult 224 years ago [[User:JamesES|JamesES]] 20:21, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
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::::No, the average person cannot understand even mildly advanced mathematics.  We've been discussing average intelligence, and its decline.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 21:03, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
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