http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_and_the_Wealth_of_Nations#National_IQ_estimates

Discuss.

Post edited at 6:23 pm on Oct. 9, 2008 by Bearsy

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Am I still stupid?

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I think it may have been slightly generous, though my mum did it after and got 105.

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I once got 160 on an IQ test.

I think it may have been slightly generous, though my mum did it after and got 105.

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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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For example I.Q. tests are regularly used to reinforce racist or bigoted views, researchers carried out I.Q. tests on aboriginal children and argued that the test proved that they were less intelligent than white people. Another researcher used a different test which stated that aboriginal children were more intelligent, because it focused on more perceptual intelligence which was high for them given there environment. Neither group is more intelligent, the tests results can just easily be manipulated.

I.Q testing is only really useful for identifying people who may have learning difficulties.

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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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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.

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