It is a known fact that the average intelligence level in the United States of America is dropping. Of course is also an interesting fact that we are changing the intelligence tests and the scale. By definition intelligence or IQ tests are generally grated on a curve and the mean average would be 100. Why are intelligence levels dropping in the United States of America of the greatest nation ever created in the history of mankind?

Well, some say it is because we have so many laws that people do not need to think anymore or plan ahead. Instead they entrust their government to do everything for them. They believe just because they take tests or get a license to do a certain job that they are considered an expert or somehow more qualified than someone else to do it? The fact is that only 5% of the people in any industry are really experts and the rest are just doing the job because the job needs to be done and they need people to fulfill it.

Whenever we see downturns in economies and sector rotations in various industries we note that 5% of the people are still working and doing quite well and all the rest of the people who were merely taking up space end up needing to find a new job and complaining that they lost their job and it is not fair. Well, life isn't fair obviously and had they concentrated on their work and done the very best they could have they could have they would have possibly made it to the top 5%, but instead they tried to cruise through life and therefore they were no longer needed when the economy changed and there were fewer jobs needed in that sector.

Those people who become self-sufficient, have high self-esteem and work very hard to be the best at everything they can do seem to be able to do just about anything with very little training. That is to say they learned very fast and seldom need massive amounts of ongoing education to perform the tasks needed of them in their jobs. But there are fewer and fewer these people around today. And some say is because the average intelligence level is dropping. It may be, but I also believe there's a problem with work ethic among human beings and middle class societies and I believe that is the real problem.