IQ for south koreans is 106, north koreans below 59

Malnourishment, duh. Also impossible to get an adequate sample size.

douglas burke wrote:

south koreans have the 2nd highest IQ's of all the worlds people, north korea is listed as NA (i guess not applicable) they are below 59.

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The fact they're listed at the bottom as n/a doesn't mean they're less than 59, but maybe you are.

It's because their heads are filled with Deer Leeder chants. No room left for anything else.

trollism wrote:The fact they're listed at the bottom as n/a doesn't mean they're less than 59, but maybe you are.

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Not available.

Probably shows the massive importance of nutrifion, social support and an emphasis on education, and that genetics are only a small part of it.

I saw that douglas burke had started a thread about IQ and summarily pissed myself laughing before I even opened it. After I saw Trollism's response, I blew mud all over the inside of my trousers.

I'm sure the North Korean IQ is affected by poor diet but maybe not as much as their height:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17774210

Bugless Dirk wrote:

I saw that douglas burke had started a thread about IQ and summarily pissed myself laughing before I even opened it. After I saw Trollism's response, I blew mud all over the inside of my trousers.

I bet you really crack up your 5th grade class.

trollism wrote:

douglas burke wrote:

south koreans have the 2nd highest IQ's of all the worlds people, north korea is listed as NA (i guess not applicable) they are below 59.

The fact they're listed at the bottom as n/a doesn't mean they're less than 59, but maybe you are.

Bingo.

I do find it interesting that so few of the countries (in the linked listing) have three-digit averages: *by definition* 100 is supposed to be average, and I don't think that populations of the three-digit countries offset, say, India's 82. It's a puzzler: 100 is supposed to be the average, but the worldwide average is closer to 90?

[Also: Italy? Mongolia? Not an unlimited sample, but I've encountered multiple people from both and in general they did not project being smarter than the average bear.]

Why are all the countries populated by blacks at the bottom?

douglas burke wrote:

south koreans have the 2nd highest IQ's of all the worlds people, north korea is listed as NA (i guess not applicable) they are below 59.

why such a difference dont koreans share the same genetics? and isnt the border at the 38th paralel between north and south korea just a line politicians drew?

is it because north koreans dont have freedom to travel? and/or they dont educate them, so they stay dumb and are not as much of a threat to overthrow the government?

double the IQ for basically the same people with the same ancestors etc. is amazing.

How the hell low is your IQ? North Korea is listed as NA because it was impossible to get to the country in order to test. Does not imply anything about their IQ.

why are Nigerian-Americans #1 of all immigrant groups in advanced degrees?

North Koreans have a higher IQ than South Koreans. It is believed that they have the highest IQ in the world in 2014:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?

title=IQ_and_Global_Inequality&oldid=479557930

On a more serious note I think it would take some intelligence to survive in a harsh environment with extremely limited resources.

Successfully navigating the clusterf*ck that is North Korea is probably a little more challenging than solving some puzzles on paper.