World Ranking of Nations by IQ

[rrr314159]

http://www.kurzweilai.net/forums/topic/world-ranking-of-nations-by-iq

This can't be taken too seriously. The reason I post it here is Italy's ranking. That can't be right can it?

[habran]

Of course not! ::)

[jj2007]

The Italy ranking is entirely plausible, folks, but

an edifice built on layer upon layer of arbitrary assumptions and selective data manipulation

the low standards of scholarship evident in the book render it largely irrelevant for modern science

etc etc
I've done quite a number of IQ tests when I was young, and from what I know about these tests, I agree that

cross country comparisons are virtually meaningless.

On the positive side,

Edward Miller ... gave the book positive reviews in two different White Nationalist publications

8)

[Raistlin]

In my experience IQ can be taught/learnt.... EQ can not.

Scores below 80 must indicate a perpetual vegetative state, must be where high level programmers live. :icon_mrgreen:

[hutch--]

A very long time ago I did a course on the cognitive development of children at uni and one case study stood out to me in the development sequence that people Like Piaget taught, kids in some American cities were far more advanced at thing like stealing the hubcaps and wheels off parked cars because they needed to do so to eat. The old Stanford Binet testing for IQ is socially loaded and highly dependent on the questions that applied to a particular society. If you were not a part of that society and did not know its social norms, value judgements and the like you did very badly in such tests.

Years ago I had a friend who was a smart guy who did some research on IQ testing then joined MENSA just to take the piss out of them as a bunch of pseudo wankers full of themselves.

[jj2007]

Years ago I had a friend who was a smart guy who did some research on IQ testing then joined MENSA

My informed guess is that half of the forum members qualify for Mensa. Better than 2% of the population? That's 160,000 or so in cities like New York or London...

[HSE]

My informed guess is that half of the forum members qualify for Mensa. Better than 2% of the population?

 
At list better than the lower 2% (in most cases  )

[Siekmanski]

My SDR has a very high IQ rate, 3200000  :lol:

[rrr314159]

Good news - I solved the mystery. Contacted the author of this IQ ranking list. It turns out that the typist accidentally transposed Italy with Equatorial Guinea. So simply switch those two names in the list. Now that makes a lot more sense!

[jj2007]

 

[mineiro]

hehehe, Brazil don't appear into this list. Our IQ cannot be measured by standart methods.
I remember a test that I have done years ago, 10 computer questions and the result was zero. :shock:. Well, brazilians law only allow you to try 1 question as promoter. I can prove that 10 questions that I choose are right, but it's only into my mind.
I have learned that persons that create tests are not the best to create tests. You have arguments but you can't prove. :icon13: