With a study saying there has been a decline over the past 65 years in ‘education genes’ – genes that predispose us to become more educated – will the world ever see another certified genius like Albert Einstein again? Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Because 2016 was the year of fake news, a trend which seems to be continuing into 2017, I have to ask the question that, basically, we’re all thinking: Are people getting dumber?
That seems a bit harsh to conclude but how else can you explain people hearing the fake news of Hillary Clinton running a paedophile ring out of a pizza shop – a “story” that sounds more like a bad sketch on Saturday Night Live than actual news – and sharing this false news on the Internet until eventually one poor sad-sack believer of this fakeness got worked into such a frenzy that he went into said pizza shop and shot the place up because he wanted to save the children. Yes, this happened. (Thankfully, no one was injured.)
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