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The IQ of a group size N is approximately 100/logN for N>10. For the US Senate, N=100 and IQ = 50.
by Merrill 7y ago
The IQ of a group size N is approximately 100/logN for N>10.
For the US Senate, N=100 and IQ = 50.
- dTal 7y agoSo the IQ of America is 12. Do you have any rules for nested groups?
- Merrill 7y agoNo, but nested groups are the common organization of governments and corporations. The House of Representatives (IQ=38), for example, does little other than vote in session, while all of the actual work is done by committees. A nested model may be difficult because at N=10 or less, the IQ depends a lot on the selection of the individuals and their fit with the tasks to be undertaken. A nested governmental organization would be a good idea, and that is my impression of how the US worked early in its history. The voters would elect town officials who would elect county officials who would elect state legislators and at least in the case of the Senate, the state legislators would elect US Senators. Ideally the electors at each level would be able to assess the abilities and character of candidates and the cream would rise to the top. This is sort of how the two political parties still work, although the modern methods of getting elected and penchant for direct democracy enable candidates to run for offices without working their way up the party, e.g. Bloomberg.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoAnd yet America (assuming the colloquial 'America' that means 'The US') developed the atomic bomb and put a man on the moon. Could any single individual or small group of individuals have accomplished this? I doubt it. It takes a nation worth of resources and organization to pull these things off.
- StacyRoberts 7y agoWould a group of ten people with an iq each of 40 get smarter? That kind of math led to the greatest financial collapse in world history.