• JustinA
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    1 month ago

    “the average person has lost 10 IQ points” is an oxymoron.

    • Gsus4@mander.xyz
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      1 month ago

      I read it as there being a loss of 10% IQ points from the pre-pandemic average that is 100 by default. Which would be massive, considering the majority of people did not have strong symptoms.

      On the other hand, there was a lot of social capital and potentially EQ that was lost due to the breaking of social bonds, increase of fear and anger…