I VOTE YES ON CALEXIT!

[Galen]

(03-15-2017, 03:41 PM)Kinser79 Wrote:

(03-15-2017, 03:11 PM)Galen Wrote: It is more a case of formal education allows you to keep what you got.  IQ is generally a measure of cognitive ability and making use of that ability such as learning skills in formal education can help you maintain that.

It is also worth noting that the lower the average IQ of a nation the worse its conditions tend to be.  Take a look at where most nations of the middle east clock in and you will see what I mean.

Oh that's not in dispute.  It also explains why Africa is the way it is too.  But for people like Odin's edification averages are just that, averages.  There are exceptions on both the high and low ends.

As to IQ and formal education, I'd say you're more or less right.  One needs to have a decent IQ to make use of an education (See my arguments as to why most people actually shouldn't be in or go to university).  However, I would also say that someone with a relatively low IQ can make use of an education to appear to be smarter than they actually are.

A couple posters on this forum seem to come to mind.

Another point people don't understand is that IQ distributions between the sexes are also different.  That the standard deviation in IQ for women is much less than it is for men.  The practical result of this is that there a fewer female geniuses but there are also fewer female idiots as well.

The problem liberals and progressives have is that they think everything is an arbitrary societal norm and that people are infinitely malleable.  It never occurs to them that societal norms are a consequence rather than a cause.  Couple that with a missionary like zeal and disaster soon follows.