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Discovered this by total chance when reading about European IQ averages:
"As explained at the beginning of this article, IQ is typically normalized in such a way that the average IQ of the whole population is 100. Lynn and Vanhanen use a different approach and calculate IQ scores relative to the value for the United Kingdom, which they set to 100 (before applying adjustments based on student assessments).
This makes the average IQ of most highly developed nations close to 100, which looks quite natural from the European and North American perspective. Had the literal definition been used (where the overall average, including participants from third-world countries, is set to 100), many European countries would score over 110."
So basically to not make the third world look even more stupid than it already does they use some stupid PC method of calculating average IQ meaning that unless I am reading this wrong the actual real average IQ for developed nations is 110+ and not 95-101 like is typically state. Holy shit wtf is this shit lmao.
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Average IQ in Europe by country (map)
<p class="indent">When we speak about IQ, it is important to understand that the common idea that IQ measures your “innate” or “genetic” intelligence is a complete
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"As explained at the beginning of this article, IQ is typically normalized in such a way that the average IQ of the whole population is 100. Lynn and Vanhanen use a different approach and calculate IQ scores relative to the value for the United Kingdom, which they set to 100 (before applying adjustments based on student assessments).
This makes the average IQ of most highly developed nations close to 100, which looks quite natural from the European and North American perspective. Had the literal definition been used (where the overall average, including participants from third-world countries, is set to 100), many European countries would score over 110."
So basically to not make the third world look even more stupid than it already does they use some stupid PC method of calculating average IQ meaning that unless I am reading this wrong the actual real average IQ for developed nations is 110+ and not 95-101 like is typically state. Holy shit wtf is this shit lmao.