Could the situation potrayed in the motion picture Idiocracy come to fruition?

Question

Society being dumbed down and all...you would have to figure somewhere along the way we would have to hit a remarkable detraction from the present emphasis on education.

But reading articles such as this, and considering this was only mid-2004, the problem of reliance upon modern technology and the comforts it provides will only progress more as we move into the future.

So are we doomed to a future society in which the average IQ will be far below what it is presently?

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/31/1080544536008.html

Answer 1

I hope not. I am not to hopeful on the outcome, but I really hope not.

But yeah this dependence on modern technology is dangerous.

just a funny example at work, I am the only person who knows how to work the old credit card imprinter and how to call in for card auth. I am the only one who ever used it regularly before and i am only 6 years older than most of my co-workers.

I felt really old when i saw a co-worker who had been on vacation for two weeks and I said "Ah doctor Livingston I presume." He looked at me like i had a tree growing out of my head.

We are getting too lazy when it comes to knowledge or information and are far to dependent on technology.