Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/IQ tests/reply (18)

Of course, the Flynn effect is most interesting in that certain US states can't execute people if they're retarded - i.e., below a certain IQ. Now, putting aside the fact that one individual's performance isn't indicative of actual intelligence (because we have a hard-and-fast law using this as its foundation, we can "assume" it's real), the Flynn effect means that the level needed to meet such "retarded" criteria changes over time. So a person killed 30-40 years ago might be considered under the retard threshold to be killed today.