3 ms·
Well first its invalid to use 'assumed' IQ. Thats just nonsense metrics made up after the fact not based on science. Moving on I am always confused by these ex
by apalmer 10y ago
Well first its invalid to use 'assumed' IQ. Thats just nonsense metrics made up after the fact not based on science.
Moving on I am always confused by these extremely low average IQ's for nations. 70 is the cut off for what is considered mental retardation... It seems pretty unbelievable that 50% of a stable nations population could actually be of a level of intelligence that normally indicates the inability to acquire and feed oneself reliably without limited support. To me this argument seems clearly contradicted by reality.
Final point is, average IQ of Europe 100 years ago on a modern IQ test is 70... so the argument that a nation of IQ 70 people would not have produced an 'Einstein' since the formation of the earth... is contradicted by the fact that a people of with an average IQ of 70 (in 1916) did actually produce Einstein in 1879.
- Malician 10y agopossible explanation: subgroups / differentiation. The average across a wide populace might be much lower than the average in a merchant or intellectual class.