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Your reasoning is mathematically correct, but your assumptions man... just make me sad. Quoting wikipedia: > "The current scoring method for all IQ tests is t

by kilburn 10y ago

Your reasoning is mathematically correct, but your assumptions man... just make me sad. Quoting wikipedia: > "The current scoring method for all IQ tests is the "deviation IQ". In this method, an IQ score of 100 means that the test-taker's performance on the test is at the median level of performance in the sample of test-takers of about the same age used to norm the test." Now, you are comparing average IQ over a large population size (mean IQ in Ghana normalized over mean IQ in the entire world) against average IQ over an even larger population size (mean IQ over the "entire world"). You get 70 vs 100. How can that difference be explained? Well, there are basically two ways: 1) People in Ghana is extremely dumber because of biological reasons. They are just very inferior in this regard. 2) IQ tests are rigged by education. Better education leads to better IQ scores, and Ghana's average education level is just worse than the world's average education level. You chose to believe hyphotesis 1 is true. That is the part that makes me sad.

Malician 10y ago
Lots of possible environmental causes 1. lack of very early childhood education/stimulation / abstract thought messing with brain development 2. epigenetic influence from parents' hard lifestyle, if you believe it is effectually hereditary in that manner (I don't think it's likely) (this is environmental in the sense it would only persist for a limited # generations) 3. parasite load 4. trauma from infectious diseases 5. severe nutritional deficiency (iodine, creatine, antioxidants, nutrients, whatever else we don't know about you can miss out on) I can't prove what I think you're implying by #1 isn't the case, but I'm quite sure that 1 and 3-5 from my list do apply.
VonMarck 10y ago
Why is hypothesis "1" sad? The only sadness is the smashing of a glorious idol, of the equality of man. People in Ghana are probably extremely dumber because of a mix of environmental and genetic reasons. In my time homeless I saw the exemplification of stereotypes. Black people are on more average dumber, more prone to anger, and have poor impulse control. Over and over again I saw this shit until I got the dumb ideology of equality out of my head. Expecting less intelligent people to properly execute a higher-level task is a hideous sacrifice. For the god of equality you've sacrificed 1. The ability of the less intelligent man to do lower-level but socially needed jobs. 2. The ability of more intelligent people to do jobs that they are capable of executing perfectly 3. Truthful telling of a state of affairs. 4. The ability of peers to recognize and provide the appropriate services. Congrats, you fucked over the Ghana(ians?) that you were so afraid to call less intelligent. They get fucked because you want to hold the idol of equality over your head and show everyone how fucking holy you are with the priestly and social clique. You can't munch on psychotic saintliness, spit on reality's face, and then whine when evil reality reveals a more complex world. There is nothing in my soul against individual men of virtue. But you have to admit, most of any human population is fucking dumb. When dealing with populations that dreg the lower edge of human ability, I'm fucking wary.

by kilburn 10y ago

Malician 10y ago

Lots of possible environmental causes 1. lack of very early childhood education/stimulation / abstract thought messing with brain development 2. epigenetic influence from parents' hard lifestyle, if you believe it is effectually hereditary in that manner (I don't think it's likely) (this is environmental in the sense it would only persist for a limited # generations) 3. parasite load 4. trauma from infectious diseases 5. severe nutritional deficiency (iodine, creatine, antioxidants, nutrients, whatever else we don't know about you can miss out on) I can't prove what I think you're implying by #1 isn't the case, but I'm quite sure that 1 and 3-5 from my list do apply.

VonMarck 10y ago

Why is hypothesis "1" sad? The only sadness is the smashing of a glorious idol, of the equality of man. People in Ghana are probably extremely dumber because of a mix of environmental and genetic reasons. In my time homeless I saw the exemplification of stereotypes. Black people are on more average dumber, more prone to anger, and have poor impulse control. Over and over again I saw this shit until I got the dumb ideology of equality out of my head. Expecting less intelligent people to properly execute a higher-level task is a hideous sacrifice. For the god of equality you've sacrificed 1. The ability of the less intelligent man to do lower-level but socially needed jobs. 2. The ability of more intelligent people to do jobs that they are capable of executing perfectly 3. Truthful telling of a state of affairs. 4. The ability of peers to recognize and provide the appropriate services. Congrats, you fucked over the Ghana(ians?) that you were so afraid to call less intelligent. They get fucked because you want to hold the idol of equality over your head and show everyone how fucking holy you are with the priestly and social clique. You can't munch on psychotic saintliness, spit on reality's face, and then whine when evil reality reveals a more complex world. There is nothing in my soul against individual men of virtue. But you have to admit, most of any human population is fucking dumb. When dealing with populations that dreg the lower edge of human ability, I'm fucking wary.