[mark502inf]

Being a man and of northern European Dutch descent, I find this study very persuasive.

[Antoninus]

They are the master race after all. /sarc

Glad to see Italy above Britain, though. That ought to get some knickers in a twist.

[Maceman]

I guess it just goes to show that intelligence ain't everything.

[RetiredArmy]

Well, I will say one thing for the German schools, if I am remembering this right . . . When I was stationed in Germany 4 times for a total of 10 years, I was told at some point, like 10th, 11th or 12th grade, some type of testing system identified those students most likely to advance and do better in college. There is an apprenticeship program that takes those students who are deemed not to be on path for higher schooling, and starts directing them into the trades, in order to get some type of training, to be able to make a living, I.E., carpenter, painters, plumbers, electricians, mechanics, etc. I think I am remembering that correctly. Seems, maybe we should do that here. If at say 10th grade a student is just dead bent to quit school or linger and do much of nothing, why not point them towards the trades. Then at least they can maybe learn some type of real marketable skill to sell to an employer. There will always be jobs for those in the trades.

[Vaquero]

[School of Rational Thought]

Poles also toppled firt domino to end the Soviet Union. Brains and balls.

[Seruzawa]

Horseshyt and charlatanism.... anthropology sociology etc..... junk science.

What this study DOES show is the limited value of IQ testing and also the utter stupidity of the researcher.

[Old Seadog]

"Dat's vat I vas tryink to tell everybotty."

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Guess I can no longer make the polish jokes....they scored fairly well.

[bilhosty]

Well I agree on the French.

[vpintheak]

And that makes them exactly one step below dumber than dog crap.

[LibWhacker]

The intelligence of nations

[fanfan]

Germans are most intelligent Europeans

Well, that explains Europe!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Somewhere in Hell, a little paperhanger is smiling.

[WL-law]

It would be very meaningful to read the methodology and subject selection criteria for the study.

For example, the suggestion that "cold weather" caused larger brains via evolution must imply that only 'genetically' Brits, Germans, Swedes, etc, were tested.

So -- were immigrants excluded? And so this was an "all-white" study? If so, it should be stated. If not, the results are useless, in that the resulting data would not provide a logical basis for the conclusions.

[Centurion2000]

Where did the Russians score ?

And this report can't possibly be right anyway, Germans have one HUGE intelligence flaw, they keep starting wars they cannot win.

[Muleteam1]

>>He said of his latest findings that populations in the colder, more challenging environments of Northern Europe had developed larger brains than those in warmer climates further south.<<

It is also true that mammals in colder climates have shorter appendages. Hey, I didn't make the rules of biology. : )

[Da Bilge Troll]

All the intelligent Europeans have already emigrated to the United States.

[Publius6961]

I find it curious that the Irish, who made the study, aren't listed at all.

107?
No comment!

[eleni121]

Germans must have felt like geniuses at the end of WWI and WWII.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.

They must bear the genes of the ones we didn't whack during those two little miscalculations during the 20th century.

Michael Frazier