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Originally Posted by Taass
Ehmmm..
..And Europe only represents about 7,5% , yet has about 50% of the Nobel prize winners 
..Or Denmark, only representing about 0,05% of world population has 13 Nobel prize winners.. matching that up in numbers you should have about 1500 winners by now to compare 
On top of that, most US prize winners are actually from other countries, most of them from germany and russia  |
Number of Nobel laureates doesn't say much about average national intelligence, though. Winning a Nobel prize is a result of individual intelligence, but also of education, social context, etc.
An African kid with an IQ of 200 and no chance to go to school isn't likely to ever contribute anything significant to the field of science. The Chinese guy who has to work 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, isn't likely to ever write the great 21st century novel. Etc.