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bijowo1676 • yesterday at 9:07 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Americans are not Koreans/Chinese, they have completely different IQ distribution and ethnic mix of population.

PISA result distributions are completely different


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tptacek • yesterday at 9:27 PM

The idea of national mappings of "IQ distributions" are mostly fictitious. Nobody has ever run even plausibly-powered surveys to establish such a thing. Most people reading this thread have never even been offered a proctored IQ test, let alone been requested to take one to help establish an American national IQ statistic.

From what I understand, a reliable "America vs. China" IQ comparison is mostly hopeless.

lern_too_spel • today at 1:18 AM

Korean and Chinese IQ distributions were far below the American IQ distribution. They had the political will to change that. That's the point.