World Mean IQ Rankings, 2003

[Babbles]

I got my IQ result by rolling a bunch of 10-sided dice and adding the result up. I threw in a 4-sided die too, just for kicks.

 

[SOSTrooper]

Originally posted by: FrontlineWarrior
ok maybe having a high IQ is not predictive of success in life, but come on, iq of 60? i think dogs have that much intelligence. that's terrible. if anything, i would have to assume that this test is inaccurate. btw where is the link to the source?

This is why US only has an avg of 98 Because those countries on the bottom of the list are largely undeveloped and uneducated.... geesh! Seriously it isnt hard to figure that out




I'm only joking

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: SherEPunjab
i wonder what anand's iq is.

its probably like 215 or some sh*t.

smart mofo.

Intellectually, maybe. In terms of social interaction, most of these guys are about as smooth as a block of sandpaper.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

With an average IQ of 125, you would think we could talk to girls, and make progress.

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: Dacalo

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

1. Hong Kong - 107
2. Korea, South - 106
3. Japan - 105
3. Korea, North - 105

Guess dog eating is good for something.

Korea, South #2
Korea, North #3

hmmmm. mb some americans need to eat dog too.

you are one ignorant moron

nice post.

did you read anything else i posted in this thread??

that one particular post was really only directed at one individual. but since it brought out the best in you too, i c, i'm happy.

oh for the record, I'm ethinically Korean. My wife is a Korean citizen, My oldest son was born in Korea, We speak korean in the home, so i don't have a racial bias against koreans in particular.

BUT, i am an american first and foremost, that's why i think it's funny all these asian americans posting in this thread making fun of so called americans, when their IQ test scores were probably part of the cumulutive score that is the score of the US in these rankings.

In other words, if you grew up here, went to school here and took iq tests in america, then your test scores contributed to the score of the US, not of your native country.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: brxndxn

IQ tests are worthless IMO.

Mine too.. I could care less what someone's IQ is. Look at Mensa.. there's a bunch of idiots in their little club - some are garbage men and bartenders and gas station attendants.. I mean I wonder how many people are working for someone with a lower IQ than theirs. IQ says nothing about how you cope with society. IQ doesn't prevent you from getting beat down by a big dumb oaf.

Precisely, it's not about IQ, it's about I will!

 

[LAUST]

Too bad there is not a test to measure common sense.. oh wait life does that N/M

I also agree with the social skills mentioned above.

 

[Tom]

I forgot to send mine in last year so those numbers are off.

 

[sobriquet]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ
kids in middle school are required to memorize all the musical scales including the minor scales. tell me honestly, what is the point of memorizing that kind of information.

Why exactly is that a bad thing? When I was in middle school, I was required to memorize the colors produced when putting different powders over a bunsen burner. That's entirely useless information considering my current major (music), but I wouldn't say it had no point. Maybe they just want kids to have a more rounded education. Can't fault them for that.

 

[Morph]

Funny that in this whole long discussion, no one has even hinted at race as a factor. These days, with political correctness the rule, it's become almost taboo to even suggest that some races are more intelligent than others. In the past there have been scientific studies proving this, but of course they were quickly derided as being racist and therfore flawed.

Well, since none of you has the balls to say it, I will:

Average intelligence is correlated (at least partially) to race and it goes something like this (very roughly):

ASIANS > WHITES > BLACKS

Now go back and look at the list that was posted here and think about it.

 

[TheShiz]

this can't possibly be a fair representation, what you know in one country is likely useless in another. for example farming in a foreign country compared to here, most people wouldn't know anything about that if it was on a test. The main thing that will differentiate IQs from around the world is nutrition. It has been shown that if you are underfed as a child growing up it affects your learning and retention abilities pretty much, depending on how malnurished you are. These scores don't really say much.

 

[FrontlineWarrior]

ooooooh you're in trouble

 

[TheShiz]

Originally posted by: Morph
Funny that in this whole long discussion, no one has even hinted at race as a factor. These days, with political correctness the rule, it's become almost taboo to even suggest that some races are more intelligent than others. In the past there have been scientific studies proving this, but of course they were quickly derided as being racist and therfore flawed.

Well, since none of you has the balls to say it, I will:

Average intelligence is correlated (at least partially) to race and it goes something like this (very roughly):

ASIANS > WHITES > BLACKS

Now go back and look at the list that was posted here and think about it.

I completely disagree, any test to measure this would have to be biased towards one race, how could it possibly be fair?

 

[TheShiz]

anyway, this is also useless considering how close the DNA of any 2 humans on earth is, it is very close, there couldn't be a significant difference in born intelligence.

 

[FrontlineWarrior]

yeah but the DNA in rats are like 96% the same as humans. and rats are dumb as hell.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: A5
21. United States - 98
28. Canada - 97

:Q

ROFL why!...ahhaha it seems like that had to be posted here...

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

Originally posted by: bleeb

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

1. Hong Kong - 107
2. Korea, South - 106
3. Japan - 105
3. Korea, North - 105

Guess dog eating is good for something.

Korea, South #2
Korea, North #3

hmmmm. mb some americans need to eat dog too.

WTF?

Chill dude, it's just a joke.

woa...a korean dude in alabama...rare dude..how's it over there?..ahhaha....chjaashikgah!!

i read one of these posts saying korea's education was stricter..and another dude saying USA gives u more optiosn....i would not have my kid go through korea's education....maybe i'd send him/her over there to learn korean and learn the culter....cuz 3rd-4th gen korean dudes here might lose touch w/ their ethnic culture....

and those iq scores...are only from those students who passed high school....u don't pass, it's over....it's too hard...too selective....that's why those asian countries scored so highly...it's cuz they're selective on who takes the tests and stuff...once u do like a C avg in korea's schools..forget it...go drive a bus or something....over there..there aren't any chances...

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: jteef

Originally posted by: Bluga

Originally posted by: jteef

Originally posted by: Jadow
Korea, North - 105

how the hell did they come up with this?

note: also applies to china.

jt

Obviously you know nothing about China.

So you are telling me that the bulk of the chinese population does not live in 3rd world conditions under a communist tyrrany?

typical propaganda brainwashed american. it's not your fault though, it's the media

 

[virtuamike]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: jteef

Originally posted by: Bluga

Originally posted by: jteef

Originally posted by: Jadow
Korea, North - 105

how the hell did they come up with this?

note: also applies to china.

jt

Obviously you know nothing about China.

So you are telling me that the bulk of the chinese population does not live in 3rd world conditions under a communist tyrrany?

typical propaganda brainwashed american. it's not your fault though, it's the media

Besides, China is smarter than the US, so I'll take their word for it

Then again, not like IQ is anything to brag about (meaning it won't get you laid).

 

[dighn]

LOL

anyway i think this iq ranking is more of a measure of the education system instead of inate intellectual capacity. asian countries score higher b/c the education system is very strict and focuses on the kind of material and test-like situation of iq tests. northa american education systems are very relaxed, and imo the students have poor attitudes

 

[Morph]

You're wrong. IQ tests don't measure your education. They are not a test of what you know. They are a test of your intelligence, or your capacity to learn.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Morph
You're wrong. IQ tests don't measure your education. They are not a test of what you know. They are a test of your intelligence, or your capacity to learn.

that's the idea in theory but all the iq tests i've seen have problems that are more easily solved with more education. for example look at the mensa workout, with education you receive the mental training and maybe even knowledge that enable you solve the problems quicker.

http://www.mensa.org/workout2.html?

 

[majewski9]

Poland 99 ? go Majewski's !

 

[aa_koch]

(A little late, but who really gives a rat's buttocks... )

I'm in 6th place -- TWICE! (I'm part Dutch and part German... )

But I got a much better score than 102 on the handful of online IQ-tests I've done, so some of my fellow countrymen (and -women) are making me look bad... grr.

p.s. Europe rules...

 

[Nitemare]

How could half the countries have a mean IQ score relating to mental retardation?


I think a source is required. I find it hard to believe that India is at 81 as well. Also, if 100 is average these results are concluding that the total mean is stupid.