Now it is, but the height of slave trade wasnt so many generations ago…
Oh, I see what you mean…
Could the IQ test be ”rigged”? To what we ( what western?) people think as intelligent?
What would Congoan IQ test look like?
Nutrition affects brain development...
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We are taller than our parents or grandparents due to nutrition. Even my parents generation (in Scandinavia) didn't have the best nutrition growing up, for example too low on protein imo, due to being from poor families. Nutrition is still a problem in many parts which will affect intellectual development, not to mention exposure to heavy metals in developing countries like lead which will affect IQ very negatively.
There is a lot of material on IQ tests on the net, about rigging, cultural bias and what have you. A lot of the stuff I've read has come via unz.com but it may be biased, it's this detestable thing called "scientific racism" which is not OK to the establishment, no matter how true. Even if some is crap or biased or outrigt false it's still obvious to me that certain "truths" cannot be mentioned due to what they perceive would be negative social effects. In the scientific community there have been published policy papers on how to disseminate new genetics research so people won't get the "wrong" ideas. But let's say research seems to indicate certain groups will not have equal outcomes despite equal opportunities, seems to me this would be an important consideration ...
I'm not at all saying any pf this to imoly I'm smarter than some other race because I'm white. I did some IQ tests maybe 25-30 years ago and managed to score about the average 100 for my demographic. I haven't wanted to test again in case it was a fluke, testing much below that would be very demoralising. If someone thinks you can raise your IQ please let me know how...
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