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I was going through average IQ scores of different countries.

Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea are among top 6.

From South Asian countries, here are some stats:

Pakistan's average IQ - 82
India's average IQ - 81
Sri Lanka's average IQ - 79
BD's average IQ - 77
Nepal's average IQ - 77

Looks like Pakistan has the highest average IQ score from subcontinent.

Source: https://www.worlddata.info/iq-by-country.php.
 
JaDed said:
And Bangladesh lowest along with Nepal.
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Yes. Not surprised.

I blame the education system in Bangladesh. It is inaccurate and faulty. For example, it teaches 3-million people died in 1971 which of course doesn't seem accurate.

I think Bangladesh needs to shun the dumb leftists in order to fix things. Unlikely to happen, unless there is a regime change.
 
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I noticed African countries tend to score the lowest while East Asian countries tend to score the highest (as per rankings).

I wonder if there is any scientific explanation.
 
sweep_shot said:
I noticed African countries tend to score the lowest while East Asian countries tend to score the highest (as per rankings).

I wonder if there is any scientific explanation.
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Most Indian kids perform extremely well in schools here in US. Even in India I observed that kids are very smart. At least in urban areas.
 
Champ_Pal said:
Most Indian kids perform extremely well in schools here in US. Even in India I observed that kids are very smart. At least in urban areas.
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East Asia = China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea etc.

Not South Asia.

Average East Asian IQ is 100+ (highest in the world) while average Indian IQ is 81.
 
Major said:
how is this authentic?
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I have checked different rankings. Not much difference.

This one used this --> "The displayed IQ was averaged out of the results of 9 international studies and compared to the average income and government expenditures on education for the years 1990 to 2010."
 
The more IQ tests you do the better you get at them. Other factors such diet, mental stimulation at a young age and poverty also affect the IQ.
 
sweep_shot said:
East Asia = China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea etc.

Not South Asia.

Average East Asian IQ is 100+ (highest in the world) while average Indian IQ is 81.
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That explains a lot of stupid stuff that goes on in India. But these same people perform extremely well when they move out of the country.
 
Bewal Express said:
The more IQ tests you do the better you get at them. Other factors such diet, mental stimulation at a young age and poverty also affect the IQ.
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Malnutrition and lack of protein in the diet plays a huge role in the brain development. Indian diet in general is pathetic to say the least.
 
iq tests are primarily pattern recognition and logical deduction, these are learned skills, and east asian kids pbly have greater exposure to such problems at a younger age, also familial discipline might lead to increased ability to concentrate.

when I was in uni ethnic Chinese (whether from china or hk, Singapore, etc) were vastly over represented amongst the smartest kids. maybe some of it is down to genetic determinism, i.e. people valuing intelligence, or society valuing intelligence as a measure of making a good spouse.

there's manifold reasons why this may be the case, but tbh averaging under 85 is shocking. each 15 points is one std deviation away from the mean, so an IQ of 115 means u are higher than 69% of people, and 130 means higher than 95% of people.
 
sweep_shot said:
Yes. Not surprised.

I blame the education system in Bangladesh. It is inaccurate and faulty. For example, it teaches 3-million people died in 1971 which of course doesn't seem accurate.

I think Bangladesh needs to shun the dumb leftists in order to fix things. Unlikely to happen, unless there is a regime change.
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And of all the things that’s what you had an issue with lol mate I hope realize you have an impostor syndrome.
 
Bewal Express said:
The highest I have come across is Polish kid with an IQ of 142, he ended up as drug addicted hippy.
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an excessively high IQ is not a consistent predictor of anomalous success, however a materially low IQ is a consistent indicator of significant difficulty in socio-economic functionality.
 
ElRaja said:
an excessively high IQ is not a consistent predictor of anomalous success, however a materially low IQ is a consistent indicator of significant difficulty in socio-economic functionality.
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True about the high ones but most of the low IQ kids can be successful with the right parental guidance,good schools and luck but won't win any Nobel Prizes
 
Just my observation and I can be completely wrong about it. Every country has just 10% of population that are productive. Among them a very small percentage go on to become brilliant scientists and intellectuals who can change the fortunes of their community or nation. The rest are just average to mediocre. They either just add to the drag or completely hinder the progress of the nation.
 
Champ_Pal said:
Just my observation and I can be completely wrong about it. Every country has just 10% of population that are productive. Among them a very small percentage go on to become brilliant scientists and intellectuals who can change the fortunes of their community or nation. The rest are just average to mediocre. They either just add to the drag or completely hinder the progress of the nation.
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If everyone had a high IQ then there wouldn't be any use measuring it.
 
Champ_Pal said:
Just my observation and I can be completely wrong about it. Every country has just 10% of population that are productive. Among them a very small percentage go on to become brilliant scientists and intellectuals who can change the fortunes of their community or nation. The rest are just average to mediocre. They either just add to the drag or completely hinder the progress of the nation.
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that is success accretion, success and failure both compound exponentially, and if u consistently work harder and smarter than others you will end up being in the top decile relatively easily.

as a really stupid example there was a mental maths game online, I played it consistently for two months and ended up in the top 500 in the world, didn't mean anything really, and was a bit of a joke, but the principle can be applied to other fields, although its much harder to measure where u stand.

compound that with the network effect of socialising with other socio-economically and mentally dominant people and you will leave a lot of people behind.

i think you being generous in your assessment, at the sharp end of any competitive metric, the top 1% are probably dominating every field.
 
IQ tests were invented to judge whether a child is too ******** or lack minimum brainpower to study in school. It was never meant to be test of intelligence

Many Nobel laureates will struggle to score high on iq tests - as they are based on pattern recognition . Bit like a guy score 2400 in SAT will not necessarily become genius scientist .
 
ElRaja said:
that is success accretion, success and failure both compound exponentially, and if u consistently work harder and smarter than others you will end up being in the top decile relatively easily.

as a really stupid example there was a mental maths game online, I played it consistently for two months and ended up in the top 500 in the world, didn't mean anything really, and was a bit of a joke, but the principle can be applied to other fields, although its much harder to measure where u stand.

compound that with the network effect of socialising with other socio-economically and mentally dominant people and you will leave a lot of people behind.

i think you being generous in your assessment, at the sharp end of any competitive metric, the top 1% are probably dominating every field.
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Its a bit like if you appear in GMAT 3-4 times - you can enhance your score from 650 to 750. Now a 750 score is top percentile in GMAT but that does not mean ur intelligence has increased. Also a great GMAT score will help you get admission into top tier MBA school but has little value during actual studies in college or ur performance as business manager post MBA. As in the best students in MBA school are not necessarily the ones with best GMAT scores

Its the same with IQ tests
 
NishanKonar said:
Its a bit like if you appear in GMAT 3-4 times - you can enhance your score from 650 to 750. Now a 750 score is top percentile in GMAT but that does not mean ur intelligence has increased. Also a great GMAT score will help you get admission into top tier MBA school but has little value during actual studies in college or ur performance as business manager post MBA. As in the best students in MBA school are not necessarily the ones with best GMAT scores

Its the same with IQ tests
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being smart is valuable, however smart people tend to struggle with power structures cos they usually have fairly sizable egos, to operate in hierarchical structures often being consistent, efficient and intelligent often suffices.

the academic system is designed to make workers, so what u say is true. however my point was that with hard work you can get into that higher level of achievers, but the true geniuses, who are likely to posses some genetic, or early life advantages, who dominate socio-economically are pbly less than 1% of people.
 
Any reliable IQ-Tests available on web? I mean where you don’t need to create a profile etc?
 
I can safely say that I bring the average down...
 
I found some interesting statistics:

IQ tests are made to have an average score of 100. Psychologists revise the test every few years in order to maintain 100 as the average. Most people (about 68 percent) have an IQ between 85 and 115. Only a small fraction of people have a very low IQ (below 70) or a very high IQ (above 130).
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sweep_shot said:
This one doesn't require registration apparently. Check this: https://www.123test.com/iq-test/.
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I did the culture fair one, and its very easy. its like the intro questions of a regular iq test.

[MENTION=18398]IAJ[/MENTION] i would suggest googling mensas tests, they are properly testing, and if ur really good u can apply to get get into mensa which is an added bonus if ur into that kinda stuff. i tried when i was a lot younger

but i didn't get in :mv
 
Wonder if there is a relationship between how religious a country is and the IQ level.

The top 6 are definitely not that religious.
 
JaDed said:
Wonder if there is a relationship between how religious a country is and the IQ level.

The top 6 are definitely not that religious.
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Definition of IQ: A measure of the intelligence of an individual derived from results obtained from specially designed tests.

So, no. There is no relationship between religiosity and IQ.

Things that may influence IQ are nutrition, genetics etc.
 
Did an IQ test many years ago.

The score was low 120s I think. Back when my mind was still alive and I had not drifted into the sedentary oblivion of full time office work.

Bet my IQ score would be lower now :))
 
James said:
Did an IQ test many years ago.

The score was low 120s I think. Back when my mind was still alive and I had not drifted into the sedentary oblivion of full time office work.

Bet my IQ score would be lower now :))
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Low-120 is just above average.

85-115 is the average worldwide. Anyone who falls within this range has a normal IQ.
 
JaDed said:
Lol Archer is a classic but what is the thread about? IQ average of nations? Aren’t we discussing that?
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fair enough, its just that any mention of religion usually makes the thread about religion on PP in my experience, lol.

Stewie said:
According to them, I am within 133-149. How can this be true? My wife is getting belly aches from all the laughing.
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It's their way to entice u to take the paid one, do the mensa one, its a lot tougher, and it takes abt 50 minutes I think.

James said:
Did an IQ test many years ago.

The score was low 120s I think. Back when my mind was still alive and I had not drifted into the sedentary oblivion of full time office work.

Bet my IQ score would be lower now :))
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always knew u were a smart cookie, lol, its also worth noting an all round iq test has massive variance in different sections, my verbal reasoning section was always 30 points below my overall average.
 
My late grandfather was in Mensa. I tried to work through one of his members-only puzzle books once (they got sent them periodically as part of the subscription) and it was absolutely mind bending.
 
sweep_shot said:
Definition of IQ: A measure of the intelligence of an individual derived from results obtained from specially designed tests.

So, no. There is no relationship between religiosity and IQ.

Things that may influence IQ are nutrition, genetics etc.
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Since we are discussing average IQ of countries it is important to correlate any aspect on averages.

And this is what google says : (you can as well to make your point which you did when you started the thread).

https://human-intelligence.org/iq-and-religion/
 
JaDed said:
Since we are discussing average IQ of countries it is important to correlate any aspect on averages.

And this is what google says : (you can as well to make your point which you did when you started the thread).

https://human-intelligence.org/iq-and-religion/
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I have seen sharp religious people and atheists just like I have seen dumb religious people and dumb atheists.

I don't think IQ is connected to religiosity. IQ basically shows how well a person's brain functions.
 
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sweep_shot said:
I have seen sharp religious people and atheists just like I have seen dumb religious people and dumb atheists.

I don't think IQ is connected to religiosity. IQ basically shows how well a person's brain functions.
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Lol then why even open this thread wrt countries?

I’m sure you have seen high IQ people from Sahara and low IQ ones from East Asia, same for South Asia.
 
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JaDed said:
Lol then why even open this thread wrt countries?

I’m sure you have seen high IQ people from Sahara and low IQ ones from East Asia, same for South Asia.
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I opened the thread to discuss. That's all.

By the way, Turkey and Brunei have higher IQs than all subcontinental countries. Turkey has an average IQ score of 89.

It shows that it is not religion that affects IQ.

Region, diet, genetics etc. influence IQ.
 
sweep_shot said:
I opened the thread to discuss. That's all.

By the way, Turkey and Brunei have higher IQs than all subcontinental countries. Turkey has an average IQ score of 89.

It shows that it is not religion that affects IQ.

Region, diet, genetics etc. influence IQ.
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Turkey on average is less religious , take off the thread on averages among countries and we can stop discussing religion among low IQ countries.
 
JaDed said:
Turkey on average is less religious , take off the thread on averages among countries and we can stop discussing religion among low IQ countries.
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How about Brunei? Check Brunei's average IQ score.

It again shows that region seems to have an influence on IQ score (Brunei is close to East Asia).
 
Iq test is not a solid parameter, it can varies a lot when you are in practice , when I was preparing for my GRE and was doing lot of time restricted practice tests , I was easily scoring in low 140-145 on almost all online IQ tests. Never got to that score once I slacked off.
 
Bewal Express said:
The highest I have come across is Polish kid with an IQ of 142, he ended up as drug addicted hippy.
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high intelligence is not the best predictor of success like being dumb is of failure.
An argument can be made that it is actually detrimental in certain ways , highly intelligent people are prone to overthinking, analysis paralysis, being over anxious and over sensitive as well.
 
sweep_shot said:
I opened the thread to discuss. That's all.

By the way, Turkey and Brunei have higher IQs than all subcontinental countries. Turkey has an average IQ score of 89.

It shows that it is not religion that affects IQ.

Region, diet, genetics etc. influence IQ.
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I don't think religion plays any biologivcal part on the iQ. But religion does play a part what you do with that Given IQ. Most of the Nobel prize winners have been secular .
 
IAJ said:
JazakAllah bro. I took a quick test, but I really doubt the result is correct lol, as I am not smart at all.

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Wa iyyak.

I see. It is not accurate then probably. I am not sure which one is accurate. I think it is better to go for a paid one.
 
https://practicenotes.org/vol9_no2/basic.htm

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<td align="center" height="44" bgcolor="#000000" colspan="2"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman" size="+1"><b><font color="#FFFFFF">Weschler
Score <br>
Classifications of Intelligence</font></b></font></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" height="30"><b><u><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman" size="2">IQ
Score</font></u></b></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" height="30">
<div align="left"><b><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman" size="2"><u>Definition</u></font></b></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman">low
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retardation</font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman">moderate
retardation</font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman">severe
retardation</font></div>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" height="30">
<div align="left"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman">profound
retardation</font></div>
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</tr>
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