Average IQ in Europe by country (map)
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Average IQ in Europe by country (map)
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Re: Average IQ in Europe by country (map)
#2In addition to all the standard arguments against IQ (tailor at specific culture circles, can be taught and improved upon, measures subset of intelligence) it is important to remember that this is a sample of people who took the test, which by and far may not be a representative sample of a population. Most probably it's upwardly biased, but one has no way of knowing if the bias is constant across countries, which in turn makes any inference impossible.
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#3I've always thought that IQ-tests are biased towards education, too, and not just "raw intelligence". This seems to confirm it. The richer countries tend to have higher average IQ than the poorer ones.
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#4Relevant: http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html
Also relevant: http://48laws-of-power.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/law-38-think-a...
The study might be true, but there's little benefit to us discussing it right now.
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#5I've always thought that IQ-tests are biased towards education, too, and not just "raw intelligence". This seems to confirm it. The richer countries tend to have higher average IQ than the poorer ones.
No, not necessarily the richer - I can spot a direct correlation between the quality of the education system and the IQ reported here. Finland, the country with maybe the best schools(not Universities, schools) in Europe is leading.
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#6I've always thought that IQ-tests are biased towards education, too, and not just "raw intelligence". This seems to confirm it. The richer countries tend to have higher average IQ than the poorer ones.
However, whether we like to admit it or not, intelligence is partially affected by training (i.e. education).
It's impossible to measure some pure form of "genetical intelligence". After all, this is the best strength of our species: we're born idiots, and we learn our way up. We adapt.
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#7Relevant: http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html Also relevant: http://48laws-of-power.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/law-38-think-a... The study might be true, but there's little benefit to us discussing it right now.
Why? Are you worried it might bring forward discussions about race superiority and that kind of crap?
In my opinion, this study can start a reasonable discourse on the difference between education systems.
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#8I've always thought that IQ-tests are biased towards education, too, and not just "raw intelligence". This seems to confirm it. The richer countries tend to have higher average IQ than the poorer ones.
and lower in the ones with more recent wars too.
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#9Is the difference between say 97 and 101 IQ really significant?
I'd attribute the scores that are lower than 90 (or maybe 95, or 98, I don't know) directly to lackings regarding national education, but does fluctuation among the others really mean something?
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#10Isn't the average IQ by definition 100?