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The Flynn Effect

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The Flynn effect is the substantial rise in average intelligence test scores across the twentieth century in many countries.

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Tests are periodically recalibrated to hold the average at one hundred, and the Flynn effect was noticed through those recalibrations.

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Gains this fast cannot be genetic. Whatever the tests capture is strongly affected by environment.