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IQ of Nations

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday November 02 2017, @05:57PM   
from the maybe-they-only-surveyed-the-nimnobs dept.

bradley13 writes:

Why can we talk about PISA results, comparing the performance of students in school, but we are not allowed to talk about differences in IQ? Bring this subject up, and you are immediately accused of racism. And yet. And yet, if there are substantial differences in intellectual capability, might this not explain some of the world's problems?

An update of a massive "study of studies" is underway; this article summarizes the work to date, and provides links to the work in progress. A quick summary of the answers to the questions no one dares ask:

• Eastern Asia (Japan, China): IQ around 105
• Europe/North America: IQ around 98
• Middle East: IQ around 85
• Africa: IQ around 70

In the first instance, it doesn't even matter why there are differences. They may be genetic, or disease related, or nutrition related, or something else. If these differences are real (and the evidence is pretty strong that they are), then we need to deal with them. Imagine if the low IQs in Africa turn out to be fixable - what would the impact be, if we could raise the IQ of an entire continent by 30 points?!

Sticking our collective heads in the sand, because the topic is not PC, is not going to solve any problems.

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• Re:Another editor demerit...Re:Another editor demerit... (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 03 2017, @10:39AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 03 2017, @10:39AM (#591622)

  Wolves and german shepherds cannot normally mate, because their sexual triggers are different, their cycles don't even line up, they behave like different species. With human intervention, their sperm and egg can be brought into contact and offspring will result, but there is still clearly a sort of a biological division between them.

  But if you tie up that bitch when she is in heat, the wolves will be all over her, and if they do not eat her, you got some damn good sled dogs. Exactly how far south are you, Arik?

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• Re:Another editor demerit...(Score: 2) by Arik on Friday November 03 2017, @10:55AM

  by Arik (4543) on Friday November 03 2017, @10:55AM (#591626) Journal

  "But if you tie up that bitch when she is in heat, the wolves will be all over her, and if they do not eat her, you got some damn good sled dogs."
  
  Good luck with the not eating her part.
  
  You're better off tying and muzzling a female wolf. Still not all that likely to turn out the way you want.
  
  "Exactly how far south are you, Arik?"
  
  Are you trying to elicit clues to my physical location? *clucks tongue*
  
  Denied.

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