The Death of Critical Thinking: How Stupidity Took Over

Aperture October 12, 2025
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Follow Aperture on Spotify and take these thoughts with you anywhere.: https://bit.ly/aperturepod IQ and critical thinking skills are in free fall, young people don’t want to go to school anymore, and Hollywood is actually making a movie about Skibidi Toilet. I fear that we as a generation might be cooked and what we’re witnessing could be the slow death of human intelligence. What happens when an entire generation of humans don’t develop critical thinking skills? And how will our society cope in a world where dumb people make all the decisions? 00:00 The Death of Critical Thinking 01:32 The Reverse Flynn Effect 06:13 It’s That Damn Phone 13:07 Invisible Rulers 21:11 Going With Your Gut 26:24 Your Brain on ChatGPT 37:17 Two Words: 'Wall-E' & 'Idiocracy' 40:47 Fake News, Renaissance Style 44:16 Confidently Incorrect 47:57 The Turning Point Support: https://www.patreon.com/ApertureYT Shop: https://bit.ly/ApertureMerch Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToAperture Discord: https://discord.gg/nDDVGv2MHp Questions or concerns? https://underknown.com/contact/ Interested in sponsoring Aperture? [email protected] #aperture #criticalthinking #brainrot #chatgpt #ai