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Average intelligence in America is rising quickly, not falling.
People have always been really, really stupid though so we have a long way to go.
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Feb 9 2014 01:50pm
Quote (taekvideo @ 9 Feb 2014 07:02)
Average intelligence in America is rising quickly, not falling.
People have always been really, really stupid though so we have a long way to go.


So you think the US would catch up to Spain, or even Poland?

1 Hong Kong 107
2 South Korea 106
3 Japan 105
4 Taiwan 104
5 Singapore 103
6 Austria 102
6 Germany 102
6 Italy 102
6 Netherlands 102
10 Sweden 101
10 Switzerland 101
12 Belgium 100
12 China 100
12 New Zealand 100
12 United Kingdom 100
16 Hungary 99
16 Poland 99
16 Spain 99
19 Australia 98
19 Denmark 98
19 France 98
19 Mongolia 98
19 Norway 98
19 United States 98
25 Canada 97
25 Czech Republic 97
25 Finland 97


edited source into it
http://www.statisticbrain.com/countries-with-the-highest-lowest-average-iq/

This post was edited by Hell Knight on Feb 9 2014 01:51pm
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So you think the US would catch up to Spain, or even Poland?

1 Hong Kong 107
2 South Korea 106
3 Japan 105
4 Taiwan 104
5 Singapore 103
6 Austria 102
6 Germany 102
6 Italy 102
6 Netherlands 102
10 Sweden 101
10 Switzerland 101
12 Belgium 100
12 China 100
12 New Zealand 100
12 United Kingdom 100
16 Hungary 99
16 Poland 99
16 Spain 99
19 Australia 98
19 Denmark 98
19 France 98
19 Mongolia 98
19 Norway 98
19 United States 98
25 Canada 97
25 Czech Republic 97
25 Finland 97


edited source into it
http://www.statisticbrain.com/countries-with-the-highest-lowest-average-iq/



Average IQ's increase by about 10 points every generation... so the gap between countries is relatively small if you consider that.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
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