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Re: I don't think that would comply with FOSTA / SESTA
I read another thread in these forums, stating the median I.Q. of the U.S. to be around 100. I would say that probably is only correct for a third of the nation ...
Most would probably be in the upper 80's at best.
Well, AVERAGE has a mathematical definition and it doesn't let you pick and choose whose IQ scores to use to come up with your preferred answer. "If I only pick stupid people, the average IQ is less than 100." Most would probably be in the upper 80's at best.
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"Most ... in the upper 80s" also makes little sense as that statement implies a huge spike in the upper 80s and very narrow tails to lower and higher scores. With large populations, a normal distribution is assumed. IQ testing and scoring is adjusted so that the average IQ of the population is around 100. See the picture.
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IQ tests are supposed to measure various aspects of intelligence including short-term memory, analytical thinking, mathematical ability, spatial recognition and so on. IQ tests do not attempt to measure the amount of information you have learned but rather your capacity to learn. There are various organizations that try to normalize testing across cultures and countries. When they do that, they come up with lists of "Average IQ by Country' and that map was posted to General:
http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion-boards/ter-general-12/re-oh-come-on-souls-dont-be-a-politically-correct-pussy-go-ahead-and-name-it-952028?#952028
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S. Korea 106
UK 100
******* USA 98 ********
Greece 92
Peru 85
Kenya 80
Rwanda 70
Gabon 64
And common sense? That's an extreme rarity these days...
"Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world: because everyone thinks he is so well endowed, that even those who are hardest to satisfy in everything else, have no habit of desiring more than they have." - Rene Descartes 
I read another thread in these forums, stating the median I.Q. of the U.S. to be around 100. I would say that probably is only correct for a third of the nation ...
Most would probably be in the upper 80's at best.
Well, AVERAGE has a mathematical definition and it doesn't let you pick and choose whose IQ scores to use to come up with your preferred answer. "If I only pick stupid people, the average IQ is less than 100." Most would probably be in the upper 80's at best.
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"Most ... in the upper 80s" also makes little sense as that statement implies a huge spike in the upper 80s and very narrow tails to lower and higher scores. With large populations, a normal distribution is assumed. IQ testing and scoring is adjusted so that the average IQ of the population is around 100. See the picture.
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IQ tests are supposed to measure various aspects of intelligence including short-term memory, analytical thinking, mathematical ability, spatial recognition and so on. IQ tests do not attempt to measure the amount of information you have learned but rather your capacity to learn. There are various organizations that try to normalize testing across cultures and countries. When they do that, they come up with lists of "Average IQ by Country' and that map was posted to General:
http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion-boards/ter-general-12/re-oh-come-on-souls-dont-be-a-politically-correct-pussy-go-ahead-and-name-it-952028?#952028
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S. Korea 106
UK 100
******* USA 98 ********
Greece 92
Peru 85
Kenya 80
Rwanda 70
Gabon 64
And common sense? That's an extreme rarity these days...
"Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world: because everyone thinks he is so well endowed, that even those who are hardest to satisfy in everything else, have no habit of desiring more than they have." - Rene Descartes