brownie Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 (edited) From The Times today... The Times of London, that is! Germans are brainiest (but at least we're smarter than the French) By Helen Nugent BRITAIN and France have experienced long periods of conflict and rivalry but now victory in one area can be claimed: Britons are more intelligent than the French. A new European league of IQ scores has ranked the British in eighth place, well above the French, who were 19th. According to Richard Lynn of the University of Ulster, Britons have an average IQ of 100. The French scored 94. But it is not all good news. Top of the table were the Germans, with an IQ of 107. The British were also beaten by the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. Professor Lynn, who caused controversy last year by claiming that men were more intelligent than women by about five IQ points on average, said that populations in the colder, more challenging environments of Northern Europe had developed larger brains than those in warmer climates further south. The average brain size in Northern and Central Europe is 1,320cc and in southeast Europe it is 1,312cc. “The early human beings in northerly areas had to survive during cold winters when there were no plant foods and they were forced to hunt big game,” he said. “The main environmental influence on IQ is diet, and people in southeast Europe would have had less of the proteins, minerals and vitamins provided by meat which are essential for brain development.” He added that differences in intelligence across Britain could be attributed to bright people moving to London over hundreds of years. Adults in England and Wales have an IQ of 100.5, higher than Ireland and Scotland, both with 97. People living in London and the South East average 102. “Once in the capital they have settled and reared children, and these children have inherited their high intelligence and transmitted it to further generations.” The pattern is repeated in other countries, Professor Lynn claimed. In France, IQ scores in Paris were much higher than those in rural areas. Professor Lynn has spent three decades analysing thousands of test results to scrutinise the role of evolution in IQ. He has published his findings in a new book. Britons excel in another area of Professor Lynn’s research. He found that university students had, at 109, the second-highest undergraduate IQs in the world, beaten only by their US counterparts on 110. Professor Lynn ascribes the differences between British and French intelligence levels to the results of military conflict. He described it as “a hitherto unrecognised law of history” that “the side with the higher IQ normally wins, unless they are hugely outnumbered, as Germany was after 1942”. A “normal” IQ ranges from 85 to 115 but exceptionally gifted people have scores starting at 145. Edited March 27, 2006 by brownie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 If the French were to finally move down from those trees, a) they would develop larger brains and b) they could keep all the tourists out who wouldn't visit anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.L.M Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Hitler would have liked that. At least, the "science" proove that the racial theory of the third reich was right. "Aryan" races top the rest of the world. Great! So, it's now possible to make a line between folks, between the superior nordic race and the inferior south one (south beginning to start with France). But where stand the USA in this "scientific" top ten?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 (edited) But where stand the USA in this "scientific" top ten?. http://www.rupyb.com/at/political/us_elect...mystery_solved/ (but at least you're smarter than the Canadians) Edited March 27, 2006 by Claude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gone Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Pseudoscientific bullcrap. No, I'm not going to elaborate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted March 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 "Aryan" races top the rest of the world. Great! So, it's now possible to make a line between folks, between the superior nordic race and the inferior south one (south beginning to start with France). Indeed Always intrigued by these 'scientific' studies... Professor Lynn ascribes the differences between British and French intelligence levels to the results of military conflict. He described it as “a hitherto unrecognised law of history” that “the side with the higher IQ normally wins, unless they are hugely outnumbered, as Germany was after 1942”. which explains why neutral Switzerland scores so much better than France All is not lost for France. We soundly defeated Turkey and Serbia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 My interpretation of this result is that beer (Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, UK), is better for the IQ than wine (France, Spain), Vodka (Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia) or no alcohol at all (Turkey). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 "Aryan" races top the rest of the world. Great! So, it's now possible to make a line between folks, between the superior nordic race and the inferior south one (south beginning to start with France). Indeed Always intrigued by these 'scientific' studies... Professor Lynn ascribes the differences between British and French intelligence levels to the results of military conflict. He described it as “a hitherto unrecognised law of history” that “the side with the higher IQ normally wins, unless they are hugely outnumbered, as Germany was after 1942”. which explains why neutral Switzerland scores so much better than France Hey, wait, you got something wrong here! If it weren't for the Ticinesi and the Romands, we'd be pure Aryans and right on top there with them Germins! Some of our ablest men in the thirties and forties of the past century were sort of "mentally" taking part in the military conflicts, I am quite sure of that. And would the Reich have incorporated us, I am sure... oh, wait, now it's not funny any longer (It never really was funny, anyway - this crap should have landed on the rubbish of history at least by 1945! Be it psychologists or historians or politicians, just make them stop "scientifically researching" such dangerous smelling brown crap, willya!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 But where stand the USA in this "scientific" top ten?.http://www.rupyb.com/at/political/us_elect...mystery_solved/ (but at least you're smarter than the Canadians) But, as it says...always check with Snopes on these kind of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 (edited) Hitler would have liked that. At least, the "science" proove that the racial theory of the third reich was right. "Aryan" races top the rest of the world. Great! So, it's now possible to make a line between folks, between the superior nordic race and the inferior south one (south beginning to start with France). But where stand the USA in this "scientific" top ten?. <<<But where stand the USA in this "scientific" top ten?>>>>> We're a relatively passive, non-competitive lot that likes to keep its distance from others and would never think to get involved in petty national rivalries. We do however have our own internal scorekeeping system that ranks various states & locales. All the smart people live in Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York and Northern Virginia. Everyone else could move to Serbia and it wouldn't affect the IQ charts one iota. Hmm, is it 'affect' or 'effect'?? ....'effect' or 'affect'???? Edited March 27, 2006 by Son-of-a-Weizen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 We're a relatively passive, non-competitive lot that likes to keep its distance from others and would never think to get involved in petty national rivalries. We do however have our own internal scorekeeping system that ranks various states & locales. All the smart people live in Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York and Northern Virginia. Everyone else could move to Serbia and it wouldn't affect the IQ charts one iota. Hmm, is it 'affect' or 'effect'?? ....'effect' or 'affect'???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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