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"North Korea is a very poor country and like any other poor country it has serious health problems" Sounds like a reasonable statement. How do you get from thi

"North Korea is a very poor country and like any other poor country it has serious health problems" Sounds like a reasonable statement. How do you get from this to "motivate military invasion"?

porfirium 9y ago
> "North Korea is a very poor country and like any other poor country it has serious health problems" Thing is, I'm sure Koreans have an average IQ high enough that they should not be a poor country, yet they are.
- Supernaut 9y ago
  Can you provide some examples of countries that are poor because of the generally low IQ of their populations?
  - jabretti 9y ago
    Hoo boy, taking part in that discussion is a good way to get yourself banned, but here's a place to start: https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country And with that comment I'm out before I lose all my karma in the followup discussion.
  - HarryHirsch 9y ago
    Large tracts of Africa have 10 points shaved off their average IQ because of parasite infestation, if you get bilharziosis in early childhood it really makes you more stupid. Malaria doesn't help either, also because it causes you to miss school. Fun fact: South Korea had a very serious schistosome problem, too. Merck discovered Praziquantel in the early 1970s, it's the only medication that really works but Merck could not provide doses at a price the country could afford. So South Korean chemists got to work and developed their own process, and it gave the Korean chemical industry a big boost. Shinpoong still produce 50 % of the world's supply of praziquantel. The WHO report is here, btw: http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jwhozip48e/1.html http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jwhozip48e/1.html
- sctb 9y ago
  We've banned this account like we said we would. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

"North Korea is a very poor country and like any other poor country it has serious health problems" Sounds like a reasonable statement. How do you get from this to "motivate military invasion"?

porfirium 9y ago

> "North Korea is a very poor country and like any other poor country it has serious health problems" Thing is, I'm sure Koreans have an average IQ high enough that they should not be a poor country, yet they are.

Supernaut 9y ago
Can you provide some examples of countries that are poor because of the generally low IQ of their populations?
- jabretti 9y ago
  Hoo boy, taking part in that discussion is a good way to get yourself banned, but here's a place to start: https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country And with that comment I'm out before I lose all my karma in the followup discussion.
- HarryHirsch 9y ago
  Large tracts of Africa have 10 points shaved off their average IQ because of parasite infestation, if you get bilharziosis in early childhood it really makes you more stupid. Malaria doesn't help either, also because it causes you to miss school. Fun fact: South Korea had a very serious schistosome problem, too. Merck discovered Praziquantel in the early 1970s, it's the only medication that really works but Merck could not provide doses at a price the country could afford. So South Korean chemists got to work and developed their own process, and it gave the Korean chemical industry a big boost. Shinpoong still produce 50 % of the world's supply of praziquantel. The WHO report is here, btw: http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jwhozip48e/1.html http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jwhozip48e/1.html
sctb 9y ago
We've banned this account like we said we would. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html