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The Flynn effect is widely misunderstood to mean that the population has gotten smarter over time.
Both the Flynn effect and its reversal are driven by the same thing, and it's not increasing or declining intelligence:
It's changes in what test batteries measure. https://t.co/kcl3PEkU1U
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Isabella Hammad • The Parisian
Cigale Récamier;
Peter Mayle • The Vintage Caper (Sam Levitt Capers Book 1)
De Lesseps’s grandiosity, or capacity for self-delusion, made him, like Eugène Bontoux, an exceptionally effective promoter.
Frederick Brown • For the Soul of France
When he was thirty-two years old, Thomy Lafon was listed in the 1842 city directory as a merchant. His mother was born a free woman in Haiti and had arrived with other migrants post-revolution. Lafon grew wealthy through real estate. The Holy Family nursing home was the result of one of many of his charitable donations made in service of Black peop
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la loi de Briffault.