Are We Become too Dumb to Solve the Big Problem Climate Change?

Recent studies suggest that various pollution sources contribute to the decline of cognitive abilities, IQ scores, human intelligence. Could this trend potentially affect our collective efforts to combat climate change? Support Climate State on Patreon http://patreon.com/ClimateState

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Video narrated by Cormac Bren - Sound and Music by Epic Stock Media http://epicstockmedia.com - Additional video material via Pixabay.com, NASA, and Unsplash.com

IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/13/health/falling-iq-scores-study-intl/index.html

High CO2 Levels Inside & Out: Double Whammy?
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2016/07/indoor-co2-dumb-and-dumber

Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/27/air-pollution-causes-huge-reduction-in-intelligence-study-reveals

Xi Chen discusses the study he co-authored on air pollution and intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W3bCOr5rqo

If we were really smart, we’d get over our fixation on the IQ test
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/17/dumbing-down-or-need-better--smarter-measure

Are we getting smarter or dumber, or both? Frank Salter interviews Michael A. Woodley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taw5O7-VKks

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