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Minds blown: are we getting dumber?

Minds blown: are we getting dumber?

Update: 2024-12-134
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Many adults perform worse in tests of literacy and numeracy than the average ten year old. And results have worsened in the past decade. Are our brains rotting? Russia’s economy could finally be nosediving (7:20 ). And remembering Eichmann’s jailer, Shalom Nagar (14:00 ). 


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Alexander Nikiforov

Elvira NabiUlina (the head of Russian Central Bank) not Nabulina

Dec 15th
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Minds blown: are we getting dumber?

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