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Originally Posted by Libertine
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.
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Can only agree with you on that, My response was only to set NE1469 statement in contest, that Americans where smarter because they had 30% of nobel prize winners.
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Originally Posted by Libertine
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.
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No, But he'll be smart enough to run his own Nigerian Scam
