• neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    12 hours ago

    While the decline certainly steepens around 2020 during the COVID pandemic, the general decline begins around 2012… just as smartphones were finding ubiquity and social media started enshitifying.

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      8 hours ago

      How is it that science held so much steadier than reading and math? I would have thought you needed skills in both for science related testing. I don’t doubt these results, I’m just curious how that happens.

      R: oops, meant for this to be a top level reply