Debate: Are People Getting Dumber?
Sometimes when you turn on the TV, it's hard not to wonder: Is humanity devolving?

Claim: People are not getting dumber
Reason: We are less informed and aren't motivated to be informed.
Warrant 0: intelligence is inherent and immutable
Warrant 1: intelligence is affected by how informed you are
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: People are not getting dumber
Reason: People don't know any wiser and don't have standards to judge quality.
Warrant 0: society has always been this way
Warrant 1: society has not always been this way
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: People are not getting dumber
Reason: Television and texting are disturbing brains at a young age.
Warrant 0: the same was not said of comic books in the 1940s
Warrant 1: the same was said of comic books in the 1940s
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: People are not getting dumber
Reason: People are not using their intelligence to the best of his or her ability anymore.
Warrant 0: people just don't use their intelligence
Warrant 1: people just don't use their intelligence well
Correct warrant: 0