I. Q. tests are updated to reflect increased education level, this is known as the "Flynn Effect" which causes average I. Q. in developed nations to increase by about 1 point per decade.
It's a fact that Asians, Caucasians, and Jews have the highest I. Q. scores in the world, while Africans have the lowest I. Q. scores in the world. China has the highest average I. Q. score, while the U. S. has the second highest I. Q. score, but the average African American in the U. S. has an I. Q. score of just 85, which is an entire Standard Deviation below the defined global average of 100; 100 is always defined as global average. Since Africans have been equally educated in the U. S. for generations now, something genetic must be causing this.
One of the reasons I want to marry an Asian woman is because white people and Asians are smart for different genetic reasons, so having inter-racial offspring with an Asian woman would maximize the genetic advantage of intelligence, AND because she tends to be bilingual, so we could raise our children to be bilingual pretty easily, which greatly increases their educational opportunities and employment opportunities later in life.
Also, Asian women live about 7 to 10 years longer than western women on average, don't smoke or drink, don't get heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, etc, etc, and they tend to actually be more moral people than westerners too, in spite of the fact most westerners still "claim" to believe in a Supreme Moral God-Being (whom they in fact NEVER obey).
So what's not to like about Asian women?
DNA matters.
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Their is correlation, but its not related specifically to nationality (you don't get stupid or smart by standing on a particular patch of dirt). Culture cultivates intelligence, so does the capacity to focus on intellectual persuits vs. just trying to survive. That is why you will find a greater number of intelligent people in industrialized first world nations comparative to non industrialized nations, not because this creates intelligence but rather it creates an environment for intelligence to develop and flourish (who cares if your a deep and intelligent thinker if it doesn't put food on the table? Mathmatical proclivity is worthless when your starving to death.). So their is correlation but again, that does not mean that their nationality creates intelligence, it means their enviroments allows it to develop just like everything else. If some one proclaims that all people are smarter/dumber in a particular nation then they are absolutely incorrect, individuals vary and their are brilliant people across the world in the worse kinds of situations, it just as I stated, harder to develop those traits when your struggling with just trying to survive (you lack the time and resources to fully develop what you have).
Generally speaking, IQ level is INHERENT from family to family, jumping from generations to generations without regard to race. And apparently IQ gaps varies from one person to another depending on genetics, gender and brain size (and even texture). While external stimulating factors like the environment, cultural upbringing and socio-economic needs are apparent to the ACQUIRED intelligence that is objectively defined based on circumstancial evidences. It proves that intellectual capability are due to the socio-cultural set up of a country where people were raised to believe that knowledge and education is power. Their drive comes from their competitive character to acquire deep and broad knowledge to have the advantage to adapt and have the upper hand when they associate themselves to other nationalities. I don't know which is right of the many studies made, but why do we have to compare, contrast and correlate when this topics could only result to cultural diversity and racial discrimination? No one is above anyone. And should be.
Lack of education and ignorance..
They probably don't know that the world's first civilizations originated from Sumer and Mesopotamia.
Not to mention ancient Egypt and India. The Chinese also invented the compass, umbrellas, gunpowder, the world's first seismoscope, paper and printing. The Arabs the numeral system we're using today.
If people from Africa, Asia and the Middle East are dumb, how did they invent all these things?
PS: please don't thumb me down again CuriousNorway. For some reason, you usually tend to disagree with my opinions, which is fine, but at least tell me why
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I’m not aware of people that say that. I’m aware of people that think that ethnicity is a factor as some research like The Bell Curve may indicate such, but that’s presumably different than nationality
Intelligence is a combination of education and upbringing.
Places people consider not as high IQ also lack a good education system, let alone basic needs like clean water and food, health, and so on.
Most would say America has pretty well educated people, but we also have a heavy emphasis on education in our country while some other countries dont have as well educated educators or education systems due to lack of money and so on. America tends to remove highly intelligent educators from their native country and bring them into our country, making our access to good educators far superior to many.
However I would say somewhere like Japan has a far more rigorous education system and also a far more rigorous emphasis on doing well in school from family and educators. To the point where something like the SAT's in Japan are life defining.
Its why so much talent comes from Japan.
Intelligence does have some genetic influence as well, but in my opinion genetics play a minor role in most cases. Some people are born savants or extremely gifted, but anyone can achieve the same level of talent with enough desire and determination to do so with a strong support group encouraging you to do so.It's not nationality, it's race. National boundaries are artificial, separating often genetically close people. People believe there is a difference because there is a marked difference on testing (White IQ between 100-105, East-Asian 105, Sub-Saharan Africa 70, African-Americans 85, who are mixed, for example), and economic social achievement.
Just look at the civilizations created by whites and Asians (e. g. Rome, Greece, the British Empire, America, Imperial China, Imperial Japan, etc.), and then compare it to a whole lotta nothing in Africa, and even in the Americas (i. e. Inca, Aztec, Maya) came thousands of years after early White/ Asian civilizations to offer only a modest comparison.Intelligence linked to nationality? sounds like people supporting that nonsense, lack the intelligence they think they are talking about!
I don't really put a lot of trust or faith in 'Intelligence' tests, because of how they can be culturally biased, and biased in other ways, based on education. I've taken several, and the scores vary a lot more than I would assume, based on simple statistics.
Everyone has their own special gifts, and to judge someone based on a number, from a test, is just short-sighted, and ignorant!It's true. Other nations tend to have more intelligence because of their school systems and WHAT they educate people about.
However, I highly disagree that North America has more intelligence. We are actually behind quite a few nations and do not educate people on the kinds of things that other nations do. Furthermore, many black Africans are also intelligent. If you actually talk to an African immigrant in the United States, they will tell you things you don't normally hear in this country, and if you ever want to know for-real African history - especially about slavery - you need to talk to an African.I do not think a lot do but to your point... it isn't nationality... it is culture.
For example a lot of Asian countries have mainly intact families and they stress academic success. They take it very seriously and have leading worldwide math and science scores.
The USA in the 50s and 60s had intact families and had teams of engineers and scientists... we launched rockets to the moon and back. A leading math and science leader.
Families fell apart and the government decided to take over education system so they fucked that up. Diversity and social indoctrination is all they are about now... education sucks now... the world rankings prove it.
Some cultures have great schools, teachers and education is stressed, some do not.
In some countries girls do not even go to school... it is culture.Statistically, IQ (which is the best measurement of intelligence we have, is culturally neutral, and is used by the US military to rest the intelligence of recruits) is associated with nationality. Now, on an Individual level, a person with an IQ of 108 is a person of IQ 108 no matter where they come from. However, we dont walk around with little cards displaying our SAT scores. When you see a person, or hear about a person, you have to make assumptions based on what you do know. Stereotypes are the biological equivalent of machine learning, and they're about as effective - assuming someone is statistically average for the group of people who possess their traits is inherently going to be effective.
Nationality, which can be culture, is a factor, but not nearly as powerful as race, which is genetics.
www.news-medical.net/.../...e-largely-genetic.aspxXenophobia. Every culture/nationality collectively thinks they are the most intelligent.
I think your post is also from the perspective of western culture, as I’m sure in the Middle East they don’t view Americans as intelligent lol.
I think different societies also have different opinions on what makes a person intelligent. One society may view someone with a knowledge of computers or coding as highly intelligent, but in Africa they may view that type of intelligence as useless and value something else. This can even be used as an example within one society, what good is it to know how to code if you live in a rural area where money is made farming and you’re needed to tend to crops?
The fact is: every nation/culture has intelligent and... not so intelligent people.Age old racist trope. Look up the Charles Murray debacle, still being argued. People in America point to test scores between the races which sometimes does correlate to blacks being lower, whites being good, and Asians being great.
But I think it’s less to do with race and more to do with environment. The black community is more likely to be poorer and have worse schools (abominable but a fact). Asians are most likely to come from immigrant families who tend to work harder. And white people like myself are given a lot more advantages in life.
Critical thinking and the ability to find variables is the key. And don’t believe my thoughts outright. Do the research yourself.Usually these intelligence survey base their idea of inteligence on education, but some of the most inteligent people have no formal education. a lot of people who go to college are not actually that inteligent or educated, they are what you call sloggers who slog their way through a degree with just the bare minimum to pass and even then that's weak degrees like gender studies that you can only get a job with as a barista which if you had been inteligent would have already known before doing that degree.
a lot of it is opportunistic not to meantion structured or lack of. I think that in good ol USof A the chance is there but more than most would rather sleep till noon and party the night off instead but the fortunate few with strict boundaries and repercussions are more than likely to stretch their intelligence for workout because ma and papa are going to make sure their little Metesh lives a better life than they were alloud to educate themselves not to meantion play the cello better. As far as other countries i could not tell you only because I've never been nor studdied daily routine and or habbits not to meantion accessibility to such an intelligent influence.
Because first wold countries have more education opportunities. Many of the countries in the world, kids don't have any schools at all. So your first impression if you hear someone is from the Congo or something like that, is they will be much less intelligent. That may not be the case, but until proven otherwise, that will be the view.
In nationalities witb lower income countries you would assume them to be less educated in general because they can't affirm it and with higher income countries they have more money to spend on the quality of education. Not saying its true for everywhere and everyone but I guess that would be the reason
It is not directly connected to any one nationality. However some are seen as smarter due to there culture.
But pretty much anyone have the ability to be intelligent. If they try hard at it. Just being book smart is not the only form of intelligence though. Things like street smarts or life smarts can also be useful in the long term. Since you have more of a hands on training.Well, there are countries whose education system just isn't as good and doesn't have any cutting edge research. There are countries that dont have the accessibility to the education that would put them on par as others. Where are the majority of these countries? The places you listed.
However. That does not mean that the people are incapable of being intelligent, or even smarter, than the countries seen as more intelligent.Because governments continuously promote the notion that their people are the best in the world. In other words they teach others are second best at least.
Nationality doesn't. But your ability to score high on an IQ test is 100% determined by your education level. This is why an ape in the us that was taught from childhood and was used to logic problems scored a 95 while an average human from Somalia where education doesn't really exist, scores 59. There is no objective way to quantify "intelligence" and any existing test is one way or another flawed
Although some of the scores may be questionable, there are a couple of web sites that list IQs by country. I question if Vietnam is only 94 since they are probably closely related to other Asians who in general have the highest IQs. I also question the low IQ score for India since all the Indians I have met are very bright.
Not necessarily nationality because a lot of global migration has occured in the last 100 years or so.
However, it is true that people with ancestors who were educated have evolved traits which help the to learn easier from educational institutions and appear to have a higher IQ
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