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People in developing countries have lower IQs because their bodies divert energy from brainpower to fighting disease, researchers claimed today.

It has more to do with how we measure IQ. We set the standard to make only developed, school educated people score well on the test. The ability to survive in harsh environments without technology isn't something we deem useful, so it has no place in IQ tests.

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It has more to do with how we measure IQ. We set the standard to make only developed, school educated people score well on the test. The ability to survive in harsh environments without technology isn’t something we deem useful, so it has no place in IQ tests.

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See my posts just above, which explain why you are wrong. You are expounding a leftist myth.

The ability to survive in harsh environments is correlated with the kind of intelligence that can be measured with conventional tests (which don’t necessarily test book learning.)

It is possible to test the intelligence of “savages” and testing is done, and first world schooled people’s scores on these tests correlate with with their scores on other intelligence tests.