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The REAL reason Irish people are (somewhat) dim-witted |
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Replies: 13 Last Post Oct. 12, 2008 10:36am by iconoclast
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discussed and dismissed
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ss454
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It all makes sense now...
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6:23 pm on Oct. 9, 2008 | Joined: Jan. 2008 | Days Active: 515 Join to learn more about ss454 Pennsylvania, United States | Straight Male | Posts: 11,954 | Points: 18,277
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major
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okay well i'm irish and i scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT
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Read the article dumbasses, you are not Irish just because your great-grandmommy is from Ireland. The wealth of your nation is the American wealth.
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major
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it's linked more to familial wealth than to actual national wealth
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sile
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For starters I.Q tests are notoriously culturally biased, secondly Ireland has an incredibly difficult and impressive education system. The leaving certificate is far more difficult than the majority of and arguably all other exam systems for school leavers.
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IQ tests are adjusted to remove cultural bias, so if anything they've been adjusted in your favor.
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medjai
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The IQ sytem is obviously flawed as hell if there are national averages at 59. An educated kid with down syndrome can score an eighty. It's not a real factor of intelligence, it's a factor of education, at least up to 120ish I'd say. After 120, intelligence probably matters more than education, but still, the system itself is extraordinarily flawed if you have nations averaging in the sixties, unless these nations are like 80% people with mental handicaps. Post edited at 2:03 am on Oct. 10, 2008 by medjai
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Quote: from medjai at 5:02 am on Oct. 10, 2008
The IQ sytem is obviously flawed as hell if there are national averages at 59. An educated kid with down syndrome can score an eighty. It's not a real factor of intelligence, it's a factor of education, at least up to 120ish I'd say. After 120, intelligence probably matters more than education, but still, the system itself is extraordinarily flawed if you have nations averaging in the sixties, unless these nations are like 80% people with mental handicaps. 
Yeah, but you can also train your mind to process things faster if you're exposed to more stuff, so even the 'intelligence' part is incredibly biased as it's dependent on so many factors while they pretend it represents some innate potential
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