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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Oct 2021

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Ethan Mollick

    This is evidence for my long held prejudice that a lot of culture war stuff is driven by fact kids are smarter than us.https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1450591638796087296 …

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    Ethan MollickVerified account @emollick
    Bad news: Leaded fuel reduced the IQ of everyone born before 1990 by ~4.25%. Millennials are the first to be born with unleaded gas. Worse news: a new paper shows environmental lead levels from leaded gasoline are still around in cities today, and cause continued neurotoxicity. pic.twitter.com/TAWAIU2nTH
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      1. ProfOfIndefiniteArticles‏ @ProfThibodeau 19 Oct 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        When I think of all the lead paint chips I ingested when I was young and all the airplan glu i usta snif izt amzangi taht i ddi asewllasidid

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      1. Falstaff’s Sorrowful Refrain‏ @courage_my_word 19 Oct 2021
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        pic.twitter.com/O8xUg4NhOm

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      2. Steve Downes‏ @SteveMDownes 19 Oct 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet @drugmonkeyblog

        Not buying it, IQ is all in the genes.

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      3. Jakub Kotyza‏ @KronosDeret 19 Oct 2021
        Replying to @SteveMDownes @HeerJeet @drugmonkeyblog

        Lead poisoning is a real thing.

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Coleman Ridge‏ @ColemanRidge 19 Oct 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        More impulse control and ability to concentrate, too. And grew up in the company of smarter people with more impulse control.

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      3. pythonic_bob‏ @BobPythonic 19 Oct 2021
        Replying to @ColemanRidge @HeerJeet

        the internet and social media probably decrease concentration skills though . . .

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      1. vituperativeerb‏ @vituperativeerb 19 Oct 2021
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        Boomer lead poisoning is an underdiscussed driver of a lot of social issues

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      1. Ruth‏ @AnywayAnywayAny 19 Oct 2021
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      1. Iris Pangburn‏ @Calamitatis 19 Oct 2021
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        No, their brains have been short-circuited by screens.

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      2. Right of Left‏ @RightOfLeft_TX 19 Oct 2021
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        Maybe rural voters are the smartest

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      3. Sean McFarland‏ @thefarlander 19 Oct 2021
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        Fun fact: There was a leaded gas carve out for off road operation, aviation and agriculture!

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