According to research in Iceland, people are becoming dumber.
As per the Guardian the research from deCODE, a genetics firm in Reykjavik, finds that groups of genes that predispose people to spend more years in education became a little rarer in the country from 1910 to 1975.
The scientists used a database of more than 100,000 Icelanders to see how dozens of gene variants that affect educational attainment appeared in the population over time. They found a shallow decline over the 65 year period, implying a downturn in the natural inclination to rack up qualifications.
But the genes involved in education affected fertility too. Those who carried more “education genes” tended to have fewer children than others. This led the scientists to propose that the genes had become rarer in the population because, for all their qualifications, better educated people had contributed less than others to the Icelandic gene pool.
Now whether this is true or not, the effects of environment/educational systems also play a very large part in people's ambitons and ability/desire to learn.
However, the sad fact in the Britain is that ambition, competiton (academic/sports) and the desire to better oneself have all but been erradicted by Nanny.
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