1 posted on
03/27/2006 3:53:07 PM PST by
Neville72
To: Neville72
Poland's number 3....who knew? ;-)
Just kidding, I love you Polish folks (but I do love Polish jokes)!
2 posted on
03/27/2006 3:55:19 PM PST by
To Hell With Poverty
("This is our Common and we're going to stay here until we leave!" - Random Boston Commie)
To: Neville72
Of course the Germans are the smartest. Any German would have confirmed that.
3 posted on
03/27/2006 3:55:45 PM PST by
Michael.SF.
(Well, Kerry did win the exit polls.)
To: Howlin; onyx; Clemenza; Petronski; GummyIII; SevenofNine; martin_fierro; veronica; EggsAckley; ...
To: Neville72; EveningStar
I am sure France is trying to find a way to surrender.
To: Neville72
If the Germans were so smart, how did they manage to choose the wrong side in two WW?
To: Neville72
In other words, Atkins makes you smarter?
9 posted on
03/27/2006 4:00:05 PM PST by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: Neville72
If they are so smart, why are they on an economic death spiral?
10 posted on
03/27/2006 4:01:03 PM PST by
Voltage
To: Neville72
The Dutch, who also have a pretty high opinion of themselves, seem to project the following attitude:
"If the smartest American, and the dumbest Dutchmen were to switch countries, the IQ level of the NL would be diminished, while that of the USA would be increased."
11 posted on
03/27/2006 4:03:42 PM PST by
Michael.SF.
(Well, Kerry did win the exit polls.)
To: Neville72
The Sweds are #4?
No more blonde jokes out there!
13 posted on
03/27/2006 4:07:43 PM PST by
SkyPilot
To: Neville72; dfwgator; firebrand; Calpernia; Hermann the Cherusker; rmlew; Pharmboy; ...
The British were also beaten by the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. Proud to say that one of my ancestral homelands is number three and the other is number five. So much for "dumb polacks", eh?
Its no wonder why Italian and Polish Americans have per capita incomes higher than the national average and white American averages.
15 posted on
03/27/2006 4:12:20 PM PST by
Clemenza
(I Just Wasn't Made for These Times)
To: Neville72
"He described it as 'a hitherto unrecognised law of history' that 'the side with the higher IQ normally wins, unless they are hugely outnumbered, as Germany was after 1942.'"
Hmmmm.
That's why the Italians defeated Britain, I suppose.
And why Poland was such a mighty power in the East.
And why Germany/Austria/Turkey beat France and England in World War I.
No, wait...
Also, the article said the Germans were the smartest. But it appears the Dutch and the Germans tie, which means that the Germans aren't the smartest.
It would be interesting to see if the breakdown of "The British Isles" into England, Scotland, Wales and Ulster would leave the English or Scots with the lead.
17 posted on
03/27/2006 4:27:13 PM PST by
Vicomte13
(Et alors?)
To: Neville72
"Professor Lynn, who caused controversy last year by claiming that men were more intelligent than women by about five IQ points on average, said that populations in the colder, more challenging environments of Northern Europe had developed larger brains than those in warmer climates further south."
Curious, then, that temperate Holland is "smarter" than any of the cold countries, and warm Italy is smarter than Sweden, England, Scotland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, or, actually, anywhere that's really, really cold.
Russia is as cold as it gets, but the're down there in the French range, on the charts.
18 posted on
03/27/2006 4:30:47 PM PST by
Vicomte13
(Et alors?)
To: Neville72
Ahhh. This is almost meaningless. Bill Clinton is amazingly smart.
Intelligence without wisdom is practically/usually a vice.
19 posted on
03/27/2006 4:31:41 PM PST by
proudpapa
(of three.)
To: Neville72
When you envision the brain power that dreamed up this hare brained scheme, it's hard not to laugh.
20 posted on
03/27/2006 4:32:56 PM PST by
Savage Beast
(9/11 was never repeated--thanks to President George W. Bush and his surveillance program!)
To: Neville72
I see Turkey near the bottom. Is there an IQ survey of muslim countries?
22 posted on
03/27/2006 4:45:42 PM PST by
gotribe
(Just tired of going easy on islam)
To: Neville72
As I keep telling my kids, "Attitude is everything."
Looking at this list, I'm convinced that China will eat all their lunches due to its work ethic and open-mindedness to others' ideas (to a fault).
By comparison, Europe's greatest flaws are its pridefulness and sloth.
To: Neville72
The Geico Gekko is smarter than the French. And he neither speaks French, nor has forgotten he used to speak German.
25 posted on
03/27/2006 4:58:58 PM PST by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: Neville72
Ok, here's a politically incorrect issue that has been bugging me recently. I hope no one takes it in the wrong way. Here it is:
Most people don't have a problem admitting that intelligence runs in families and most scientists agree that there is a strong hereditary component of intelligence. So based on that, why do we find it so disturbing/unacceptable that there may be significant differences in average intelligence between ethnic/racial subgroups that cannot be explained by environmental or cultural factors? Why do we find that so much more disturbing than the inherent, and widely acknowledged, inequity that nature imposes on individuals (i.e. some are smart and some are not, some are physically strong and some are not.) Personally, I would like to believe that there were no significant differences between various racial/ethnic subgroups but apriori I see no rational scientific reason to believe this is the case; I want to believe because it makes me feel comfortable. But what if this assumption is false? What are/will be the consequences? And what is the best way to handle it? Is it best just to ignore it and wait for latter generations to deal with it? Or will it just go away on its own?
29 posted on
03/27/2006 5:21:53 PM PST by
Avenger
To: Neville72; martin_fierro
33 posted on
03/27/2006 6:31:54 PM PST by
mikrofon
(Niech zyje Polska)
To: Neville72; cyborg
Does cranial size
really correspond to intelligence?
Because I wear an 8 3/8 ball cap...special made.
40 posted on
03/27/2006 7:42:35 PM PST by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
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