Does human intelligence grow higher or lower as the years pass?

Answer 1

I myself would say higher, everyday is a learning experence, You seem to learn with hands on and ears and eyes open. We learn as our kids learn new things also in school today.

Answer 2

LOWER
the intelligence grows lower but the knowledge definitely increases. it's because as one grows the brain cells slowly die and these are one type of cells that can not replenish. thus the rate at which a little baby learns is much higher than that for an adult, but due to the time consideration an adult is more knowledgeable than a baby.

MOST PEOPLE ARE TAKING INTELLIGENCE TO BE KNOWLEDGE. IT IS NOT SO !

Answer 3

If wisdom counts in Your definition of intelligence, then Higher with more age.
If, however, you mean "raw brain power" like speed-of-thinking, fresh creative thinking, then look at the great scientific geniuses throughout history. They all did their most brilliant, groundbreaking work very early in their lives (and careers). This would imply that in some sense, intelligence tends to decline with age. Personally, I don't buy that as a generality. I think most people grow "older and wiser" and therefore become More inteligent with age.

Answer 4

As a rule, cognitive ability (the ability to reason, and cope with new situations), declines after early adulthood, but as one gets older, knowledge (the information and experiences one accumulates throughout life) increases, offsetting the slight decline in cognition. Intelligence (roughly, one's capacity to learn) is determined by genetics and the experiences of infancy and childhood, which actually 'hard-wire' the brain, and affect how it functions forever afterwards. Generally, this does not change throughout life, but inevitably, as one ages, the ability of the brain to process new information declines (albeit slightly, degenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease notwithstanding).

Answer 5

Technologically, societal intelligence grows.

Socially, societal intelligence differs due to different personal beliefs.

Morally, I think many people are heading down hill off a cliff full steam up sh*t creek.

Answer 6

It grows higher and lower. It depends how a person spends their time.

Answer 7

Well just look on the road. Old people suck at driving, young people suck at driving and the middle aged people are the best, so I would say intelligence grows then falls again when you get old.

Answer 8

It depends, if you read a lot of books, your intelligence will go up, if you just watch tv, it'll go down. Once you get old, you forget things more often, so, you learn something and forget something else, when you're young, you're smarter than when you were a little baby, though.

Answer 9

stays the same. Intelligence remains the same from the day you are born. Experience yields wisdom, thats all the years offer.

Answer 10

The older I get, the more I know that I know very little.
Ironically, my answer would be higher.