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I don't think it's a matter of intelligence so much as it is the declining attention span of people. Attention spans have notably gotten worse over the past decade, and this has been fueled by apps like Tiktok which specifically push short form content. As a result, many people only get through the headline and first few sentences. Remove the low attention spans from the equation, and the majority of OP's problem goes away.
Comment by nvmbernine at 13/11/2024 at 14:28 UTC
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I agree, but that in and of itself lends to a decline in general intelligence, for it requires the ability to pay attention for more than a few minutes or indeed sentences in order to learn new things and properly absorb information.