America's Dumbest Generation Becoming . . . Atheists???

You beat me to it.

As societies advance superstitions inevitably die out and are replaced by science and rational source, that's why they are still strongest in the less technically advanced societies around the world.

Typical false equivalency, of the sort delusional christers love.

I have no doubt that what you are saying is true but a lot of them sure seem dumb. 

Assuming you are correct, they are performing better at measured tasks. If you've spent much time around intelligent people, you'll understand there is intelligence and then there is intelligence. For example I know a helicopter mechanic and he is outstanding at that job. 4 year degree, A&P license, years of experience with fixed wing and rotor craft, but can't change the oil in his car. He can't translate the information he learned about aircraft into other vehicles. I know engineers who are incredibly gullible to the point of being foolish. I don't watch Mahr usually and I don't know what he said but I suspect he was speaking colloquially about people being weak minded and susceptible to conditioning via social influencers, pop media, educators, and politicians. How else do you get to some absurd beliefs like the gender nonsense, modern feminism, QAnon dumbassery, and of course every millennial and zoomer has a list of mental health issues, most of which don't match up to anything in the DSM because they were fabricated by social influencers. So yes, we are probably better educated and perform better on standardized tests but that doesn't mean we aren't dumber. 

As for anecdotal evidence, I'm having a casual conversation, not trying to beat you down intellectually. And anecdotal doesn't mean wrong, or without merit. 

Gender theory isn't science. If you believe it is, you've allowed yourself to be misled and are an example of what Mahr is presumably talking about. "Psychologists, sociologists, academics" isn't science. Psychology is a so-called science without works. They have produced nothing and rarely can even agree on a single diagnosis or treatment. That said, I believe it has value, but take it for what it is, don't build it up to be something it's not. Psychology also put thousands of innocent people in prison with its repressed memories bullshit, which is again trying to revive. And it's amusing that you bitch about anecdotal evidence while trotting out sociology and psychology as meaningful in the same way as biology or chemistry. 

Modern feminism isn't about empowering women which was always bullshit anyway. It took men thousands of years to gain political freedom, women achieved it in a relative eyeblink afterward, thanks to men. If the patriarchy were real, women wouldn't have political freedom. 

AS for providing you data ... why? You've provided none, so don't ask for any in return. And if you do post something know that I will first research the authors, then the content, so I suggest you do so too before linking whatever is at the top of a 30 second good search. ;)  A lot of that stuff is complete bullshit. If you want to have a debate, then you'll have to be interesting. But I'd rather have casual conversation. 

"As for anecdotal evidence, I'm having a casual conversation, not trying to beat you down intellectually."

Ok but when making broad assessment about reality, which is better anecdotal evidence or data?


"And anecdotal doesn't mean wrong, or without merit."

Well by itself I would argue it doesn't have much merit for the reasons I already pointed out. It's ok perhaps for reinforcing what the data already shows, but  that's really about it. Otherwise you would have to believe in any number of riddiculous ideas just based on anecdotal evidence (such as the Earth being flat)


"Gender theory isn't science."

According to who? You realize it is taught in psychology studies, which is considered a scientific field, right?


"Psychologists, sociologists, academics" isn't science"

Then why does wikipidia list them as "science"?


"They have produced nothing" and rarely can even agree on a single diagnosis or treatment."

Then why are there countless studies and journals written on psyhcology and sociology that could fill libraries?

"and rarely can even agree on a single diagnosis or treatment."

You realize that's what the DSM is for, right?


"Psychology also put thousands of innocent people in prison with its repressed memories bullshit, which is again trying to revive."

Can you show me actual data on that?


"And it's amusing that you bitch about anecdotal evidence while trotting out sociology and psychology as meaningful in the same way as biology or chemistry."

That's not an example of "anecdotal evidence" so I dunno why you brought that up.


"Modern feminism isn't about empowering women which was always bullshit anyway."

Can you give me any actual examples of this and not just vague statements? I get the feeling your "knowledge" of feminism is watching a bunch of neckbeards on Youtube whine about Anita Sarkessian.

"It took men thousands of years to gain political freedom, women achieved it in a relative eyeblink afterward, thanks to men."

Men have been vastly in control for quite some time (vast majority of political leaders are still men), women only relatively recently got the right to vote, so I dunno where you're getting this from. Also "thanks to men" is a really weird thing to say, you could say that about a lot of oppressors/oppressees. If I kidnapped someone and decided to let them go, you could argue "thanks to the kidnapper that kidnapped the person to begin with, that person is free, what a great person he is!", you realize what an absurd thing that is to say, right?


"AS for providing you data ... why? You've provided none"

I did, I mentioned how college degrees and IQ scores have risen dramatically over time, do you want me to send you links?


"so don't ask for any in return."

Well let's be honest, that's probably because you have none