were people 700 years ago way smarter than today?

[Fjordmonkey]

Humans as a race isn't devolving. It's the inherent stupidity of mankind that has caught up with us. So in a way, stupidity is evolving while mankind is standing still evolutionary speaking.

And banning raaaid? Well, I do have my disagreements with him (especially over the F16-stick thing), but all in all he's fairly harmless. Just don't take his posts seriously, and view them as a glimpse into an if not twisted mind, then a badly sprained one