|
Discussion: Average IQ by country
Member Since: 5/29/2012
Posts: 26,389
|
Mess Australia being on par with United States
|
|
|
Member Since: 2/4/2012
Posts: 7,821
|
1 Hong Kong 107
3 Japan 105
4 Taiwan 104
5 Singapore 103
12 China 100
|
|
|
Member Since: 4/25/2011
Posts: 41,661
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Perririsus
Is this article seriously saying that black people are not intelligent?
|
Karen Smith is that you?
|
|
|
Member Since: 10/14/2008
Posts: 9,686
|
Quote:
Originally posted by 2014
Croatia better slay
Kiii at no other Ex-Yu countries on the list
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 10,540
|
Quote:
Originally posted by jomarr
Karen Smith is that you?
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/2/2012
Posts: 37,284
|
Quote:
Originally posted by CallumDavies
IQ test are designed to test skills you ascertain through education, not innate intelligence, which would be impossible to test for, therefore poorer countries, with less education will do worse in these IQ test than those with well structured compulsory education
essentially a totally pointless map, all it is, is a map of wealth
|
!!!
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/17/2013
Posts: 6,077
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Golden
Then why isn't the US number 1 if it's based on wealth?
|
I didn't say it was a perfect correlation, but a trend. However, some countries have better structured and funded education systems than others, like in the US, funding allocations for public schools is a mix of federal, state and local district sources. This means that schools in richer areas have more funding, and those in poorer areas have less, not everyone has equal opportunity to the same education in America, which is probably why it isn't higher.
|
|
|
Member Since: 4/4/2014
Posts: 17,141
|
UK slaying with 3 digits
|
|
|
Member Since: 4/4/2014
Posts: 2,599
|
Quote:
Originally posted by CallumDavies
IQ test are designed to test skills you ascertain through education, not innate intelligence, which would be impossible to test for, therefore poorer countries, with less education will do worse in these IQ test than those with well structured compulsory education
essentially a totally pointless map, all it is, is a map of wealth
|
MTE. Useless and biased.
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 16,407
|
Quote:
Originally posted by jomarr
Karen Smith is that you?
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 2/4/2012
Posts: 7,821
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Perririsus
Is this article seriously saying that black people are not intelligent?
|
This is incorrect.
Immigration seems to have a sorting effect on IQ. The national average IQ for China is 100. But IQ's for countries where large numbers of Chinese have migrated are noticeably larger (Hong Kong 107, Taiwan 104, Singapore 104). Perhaps individuals who migrate to (and remain in) a different country are smarter on average than their former neighbors who stayed at home.
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/2/2014
Posts: 3,830
|
Quote:
Originally posted by CallumDavies
IQ test are designed to test skills you ascertain through education, not innate intelligence, which would be impossible to test for, therefore poorer countries, with less education will do worse in these IQ test than those with well structured compulsory education
essentially a totally pointless map, all it is, is a map of wealth
|
That's a giant simplification and it's pretty inaccurate. Intelligence is genetic, there are numerous articles that state that adopted children always have IQ more similar to their biological parents' IQ than to their adoptive parents' no matter in what conditions they were raised in. My country, Poland, is kind of poor and it's pretty high on the scale, yet Finland, a MUCH wealthier country is lower. You were saying???
|
|
|
Member Since: 2/15/2010
Posts: 26,154
|
Quote:
Originally posted by CallumDavies
I didn't say it was a perfect correlation, but a trend. However, some countries have better structured and funded education systems than others, like in the US, funding allocations for public schools is a mix of federal, state and local district sources. This means that schools in richer areas have more funding, and those in poorer areas have less, not everyone has equal opportunity to the same education in America, which is probably why it isn't higher.
|
Then again, how come Norway isn't #1? Extremely wealthy country & one of the best ranked educational systems.
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 10,540
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Golden
Then again, how come Norway isn't #1? Extremely wealthy country & one of the best ranked educational systems.
|
This!!
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/31/2013
Posts: 9,758
|
omg i feel so bad for africa
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/16/2011
Posts: 60,893
|
Quote:
Originally posted by CallumDavies
IQ test are designed to test skills you ascertain through education, not innate intelligence, which would be impossible to test for, therefore poorer countries, with less education will do worse in these IQ test than those with well structured compulsory education
essentially a totally pointless map, all it is, is a map of wealth
|
Exactly my thoughts.
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/6/2014
Posts: 10,805
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/17/2013
Posts: 6,077
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Golden
Then again, how come Norway isn't #1? Extremely wealthy country & one of the best ranked educational systems.
|
being 19th out of 196 or so countries is still incredibly high and puts it in the top 9% of the world. At certain point you're splitting hairs between differences in IQ between countries. As I previously stated, this study shows, wealth and therefore education IQ are positively correlated as an overall trend, if you're really wish we can go through each example that doesn't perfectly adhere to that trend but it will be incredibly boring. Furthermore there are other factors that could influence their positioning, things to do with their culture, or in the way the data was collected from that country.
|
|
|
Member Since: 2/4/2012
Posts: 7,821
|
Quote:
Originally posted by CallumDavies
I didn't say it was a perfect correlation, but a trend. However, some countries have better structured and funded education systems than others, like in the US, funding allocations for public schools is a mix of federal, state and local district sources. This means that schools in richer areas have more funding, and those in poorer areas have less, not everyone has equal opportunity to the same education in America, which is probably why it isn't higher.
|
But Norway doesn't snatch that top spot though
|
|
|
Member Since: 11/20/2010
Posts: 23,541
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Diuzza
Italy is higher than I thought
|
Ciao Ciao poraccio
|
|
|
|
|