Just as the title asks I’ve noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they’re reading.

They’ll read it and despite all the information being there, if it’s even slightly out of line from the most straightforward sentence structure, they act like it’s complete gibberish or indecipherable.

Has anyone else noticed this? Because honestly it’s making me lose my fucking mind.

  • Albbi
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    1 year ago

    Well the atmospheric CO2 levels are rising, and higher CO2 leads to reduced cognitive ability. So I believe all the pollution we’re spewing into the air is reducing overall human intelligence.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah but indoor CO2 levels have been above outdoor CO2 levels by way more than outdoor CO2 levels have risen. So unless it’s some kind of weird thing where you have to hit a particular low level regularly to avoid the effect, it is hard to see the mechanism here.

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        1 year ago

        I see it as having the baseline levels increase. You never really get that fresh air anymore.