<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">In fact IQs of other countries are probably inaccurate. Some give the test in English to people whose first language is not English. I would not guarantee the validity of those scores. Developing an IQ test for a non</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">English population is a difficult and costly thing. bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 1:37 AM Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 12:41 PM Omar Rahman via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div><br></div><div>In general I post here when I feel I have something to contribute. But sometimes my contributions of the past were to FLAME MIGHTILY IN YODA MODE when others would make absurd claims such as "people of country X have an average IQ of VERY VERY LOW". </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>### But there are countries where the average IQ is very low, compared to other countries. This is a well-verified fact, accepted by psychometricians. Countries do publish their IQ measurements and no, they are not all the same, and obviously some countries have lower IQ populations. Instead of ranting, educate yourself.</div><div><br></div><div>Don't deny science.</div><div><br></div><div>Rafal </div></div></div>
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