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>... I expect immigrants to have a lower IQ than natives. Do you have any reason other than Xenophobia for expecting this?
by ctrl-j 8y ago
>... I expect immigrants to have a lower IQ than natives.
Do you have any reason other than Xenophobia for expecting this?
- swebs 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_and_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_and_intelligence Do you have any reason to suggest all nations have the same average IQ?
- ctrl-j 8y agoIf the controversial citations in the article you cited are true (which I haven't read in detail, but seem questionable at a glance.) - unless the predominant amount of individuals immigrating into Spain/Norway are coming from countries with lower average IQs I would not expect it to have an effect on the average IQ of Spain/Norway. It also stands to reason that there is no reason to assume Spain is at the top of the chart when it comes to national average - so they are most likely also having immigration from countries with a higher average. This would mitigate the effect of countries with a lower average, would it not? Returning to the original point: Because immigration usually entails an amount of merit and ability - the successful immigrants are usually at the higher end of the capability spectrum of the originating countries population. Doesn't it stand to reason immigration would have either a minuscule or positive effect on national average IQ?
- swebs 8y agoMaybe pre-2015, but since the European Migrant Crisis, there has been a disproportionate amount of migration from sub-Saharan Africa, which is the region that scores lowest in those surveys. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10840/spain-migrant-crisis https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10840/spain-migrant-crisi...
- clemlais 8y agoFor the same reason the Flynn effect exists I guess. Most immigrants come from less developed countries so should have a lower IQ on average.