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Emperor
I'm sorry for my poor English. I keep saying things which can be understood in more than one way.
(this is not sarcasm).
(this is not sarcasm).
There is also no way that a well educated Oxford graduate would appear as someone not clearly intelligent.
Your doing fine. The "flexibility of interpretation" of English is one of its great strengths as a language. For English as a second language speakers, it can be a nightmare.I'm sorry for my poor English. I keep saying things which can be understood in more than one way.
(this is not sarcasm).
unmotivated unemployed bum on benefits.
Agreed.IQ tests measure the ability to test well on IQ tests.
Culture is not the same as race.Blaming a group's "culture" for failing to help them perform well on IQ tests or succeed in life is dangerously close to racism which, I'll remind everyone in the thread, is a touchy subject here at CFC and will be monitored closely.
Probably wealth & a functional social/family structure. Plenty of rich kids grow up to be screwed up. Broken homes affect kids rich or poor. One of the worst things about poverty is how it damages families & communities.Seems to me that poverty / wealth is the strongest correlating factor in predicting both success in life (whatever that is), and IQ test performance. That's not to say there aren't other factors, but the economic variable is the most potent of them all.
there is x amout of information. To digest, average Joe neeeds 30 minutes. Average genius, probably 15 minutes. Guys like Langan, maybe 5 minutes.
In other words - how fast can you read a book? How long does it take for you to digest 100 pages of Wittgenstein or any other similar upper class philosopher. Wittgenstein supposedly had 190 iq himself.