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We don't mention IQ around here. It explains too much. Too much to handle. Enjoy your downvotes.

by rafale 5y ago

NikolaNovak 5y ago
Hmm, I would actually love (genuinely) to hear more. My impression is that standardized testing of Intelligence Quotient explains way way less than popular imagination & movies think. Studies like these [1] [2] get a lot of newspaper time, but they're largely rebuked on methodological or overreach grouns, and honestly, there's sweeping generalizations and then there's saying "Anything from California is automatically bad due to low average IQ". As well, the spread across ALL states is barely 10% [3] edit: Though, by that logic, USA should start mimicking everything we canucks do! I look forward to you adopting our universal health care and bilingualism and Her Majesty The Queen! :-D [4] 1: http://scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Psychological-Science-2012-Hodson-0956797611421206.pdf http://scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Psyc... 2: https://theconversation.com/do-smart-people-tend-to-be-more-liberal-yes-but-it-doesnt-mean-all-conservatives-are-stupid-57713 https://theconversation.com/do-smart-people-tend-to-be-more-... 3: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-iq-by-state https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-iq-... 4: https://www.forbes.com/sites/duncanmadden/2019/01/11/ranked-the-25-smartest-countries-in-the-world/?sh=45b3f8fd163f https://www.forbes.com/sites/duncanmadden/2019/01/11/ranked-...
- rafale 5y ago
  I don't know about correlation between average IQ and a country/state performance (e.g. GPD performance capita) but there is plenty of research that show correlation between a person's IQ and expected income/wealth. It's also intuitive. The whole path to college, at least for hard sciences, partially select for IQ. And college education correlates with higher income.

We don't mention IQ around here. It explains too much. Too much to handle. Enjoy your downvotes.

by rafale 5y ago

We don't mention IQ around here. It explains too much. Too much to handle. Enjoy your downvotes.

Hmm, I would actually love (genuinely) to hear more. My impression is that standardized testing of Intelligence Quotient explains way way less than popular imagination & movies think. Studies like these [1] [2] get a lot of newspaper time, but they're largely rebuked on methodological or overreach grouns, and honestly, there's sweeping generalizations and then there's saying "Anything from California is automatically bad due to low average IQ". As well, the spread across ALL states is barely 10% [3] edit: Though, by that logic, USA should start mimicking everything we canucks do! I look forward to you adopting our universal health care and bilingualism and Her Majesty The Queen! :-D [4] 1: http://scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Psychological-Science-2012-Hodson-0956797611421206.pdf http://scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Psyc... 2: https://theconversation.com/do-smart-people-tend-to-be-more-liberal-yes-but-it-doesnt-mean-all-conservatives-are-stupid-57713 https://theconversation.com/do-smart-people-tend-to-be-more-... 3: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-iq-by-state https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-iq-... 4: https://www.forbes.com/sites/duncanmadden/2019/01/11/ranked-the-25-smartest-countries-in-the-world/?sh=45b3f8fd163f https://www.forbes.com/sites/duncanmadden/2019/01/11/ranked-...

rafale 5y ago
I don't know about correlation between average IQ and a country/state performance (e.g. GPD performance capita) but there is plenty of research that show correlation between a person's IQ and expected income/wealth. It's also intuitive. The whole path to college, at least for hard sciences, partially select for IQ. And college education correlates with higher income.