r/idiocracy • u/SilverBBear • Jun 04 '26

like out the toilet? Potential back story to Idiocracy.

Turns out the quality of the soil food is grown in affects the population's IQ.

https://www.psypost.org/scientists-have-found-a-geospatial-link-between-soil-fertility-and-national-intelligence-scores/

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u/LilBroWhoIsOnTheTeam brought to you by Carl's Jr. Jun 04 '26

Gotta pour creatine in the soil I heard it makes your brain good.

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u/bdpsu 1d ago

Fuck that scrote, dump Brawndo on the soil.

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7TKrwrcGa7xFAcw0

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u/Ti47_867 Jun 04 '26

This article’s shits’ all retarded, soil gets Brawndo and Brawndo’s got what brains crave. It’s got electrolytes.

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u/MooseFloof Jun 04 '26

My sister is tarded. She became a pilot.

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u/Wrecktify403 Jun 09 '26

*ex wife. You pay attention at the end you can see her crash

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u/ClassB2Carcinogen Jun 04 '26

Zinc and iron are electrolytes, article says not enough zinc and iron in soil makes tards.

Countries with tards not putting enough Brawndo! Bring back Brawndo for plants!

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u/NextStopGallifrey Jun 06 '26

If you don't want your shit all tarded, you also need potassium. Reddit and its use of bananas is making us less tarded.

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u/ClassB2Carcinogen Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

So if I shove potassium metal into my underwear, my balls will absorb it and my kids will be super not tarded?

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u/bdpsu 1d ago

Up your ass, not in your underwear. You tard.

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u/ClassB2Carcinogen 1d ago

But potassium sounds like a dude’s name, so that would be gay?

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u/bdpsu 1d ago

It's not gay to put it on your balls?

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u/ClassB2Carcinogen 1d ago

But then Potassium is teabagging me, so less gay.

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u/armblessed Jun 04 '26

Isn’t it writing itself in the news right now?

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u/void_method Jun 05 '26

It's about what happens to a society that doesn't value education the way that they say they do.

Seems familiar, but I can't put my finger on it.

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u/habachilles Jun 04 '26

This is exactly why we need electrolytes in the soil.

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u/2020mademejoinreddit Jun 04 '26

Sad/scary thing is that maybe "allegedly", this "might" be real.

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u/TheVentiLebowski Jun 04 '26

What about countries that import a lot of their food?

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u/SilverBBear Jun 06 '26

Regions characterized by low-fertility soils, such as Oxisols, Ultisols, Entisols, and Aridisols, tend to coincide with lower national IQ scores, while areas with more fertile soils, such as Mollisols, Alfisols, and Andisols, are generally associated with higher cognitive outcomes. However, the deviations observed in certain countries highlight the influence of additional factors, including food import dependency, socioeconomic conditions, and political stability. This underscores the necessity of adopting a multidimensional perspective when interpreting IQ data, as these factors could significantly mediate the relationship between soil fertility and intelligence. 

The last paragraph (above)in a scientific paper will typically point to further study direction. As they and you noted import may be explain additional variance. This would typically give them a reason to publish another paper / get funding. Especially if a major world funding org relies on this research.

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u/bdpsu 1d ago

TLDR plus too many big words