Quote from Shagi:
"That global IQ score data is bullshit - by whose standards is it based on. "
-IQ is proven to be a highly reliable predictive indicator of many things. If you doubt this our are not aware of this, you should educate yourself before you have a strong opinion.
"Western ecomonic values I guess? The people who compiled it what makes them think they can judge others. Who are they, well I don't believe they are more intelligent. Because thats what it takes to judge others, you must be a superior being."
-I bet if most Africans were being honest, they would admit that the average Japanese person is far more intelligent than the average african. They might have a lower IQ but they are not STUPID (like many white liberals choose to be on this issue?).
"Hong Kong full of Chinese is No.1 yet China is 12 the Chinese motherland. So we are made to believe here once a China man goes to Hong Kong is IQ rises tenfold and when back to his motherland it drops tenfold."
-People self-sellect by IQ and other Talents. The country folk who move to the big city are always more intelligent than the country folk who stay behind. (Ohio Boys working in NYC are on average smarter than Ohio boys working the farm). This is true the world over. Once again you are uninformed.
"Each race has an IQ thats related to survive in their natural habitat. e.g a a bushman's IQ is relevant to his envoronment and they have survived quite well there for thousands of years, no need for bushmen to think about a fridge or snow thawing devices, he does not need those Western things, so natural his creativity is limited to exist in his world. He does not need also to go to Med School he has his ways of healing the sick and it works. It does not mean he has an inferior IQ to somenone who lives in an apartment on the 88th floor in Tokyo & swashes around in a Lexus."
-I actually agree with most of the above. It is true, the bushman is suited to his natural mode of survival and habitat, and likely has many talents in this environment that the Japanese or White man lacks. However, this does not mean his IQ is equal. You do not seem to understand what an IQ test is. It is not a complete measure of all mental aptitudes (though most are highly correlated). It is also not a measure of a person's worth in any broader sense.
"Western values are not the benchmark for everyone for everything".
-Western Values? I bet many Japanese would be insulted if you lumped their sophisticated and beautiful culture into, "Western Values".