▲ 345 ▼ Gen Z is officially less intelligent than millennials, first recorded intergenerational IQ drop (www.wionews.com) submitted 1 month ago by Pratai@piefed.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 161 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Godric@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (2 children) OH GOOD GAWD THE CHILDREN permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago Almost everything we know about Socrates is via Plato (Xenophon also mentions him, and there are some satirical references to him in Aristophanes). Plato ran an academy for the offspring of aristocrats, so he had a strong vested financial interest in propagandizing in favor of hierarchy and authority. This is one example. permalink fedilink source parent [–] muhyb@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago I guess we can easily say this is a cycle. I wonder what's the interval. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago Almost everything we know about Socrates is via Plato (Xenophon also mentions him, and there are some satirical references to him in Aristophanes). Plato ran an academy for the offspring of aristocrats, so he had a strong vested financial interest in propagandizing in favor of hierarchy and authority. This is one example. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] muhyb@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago I guess we can easily say this is a cycle. I wonder what's the interval. permalink fedilink source parent
