Freed Sudanese cameraman calls Gitmo history's worst jail

[Peter1469]

I do agree that egalitarianism is a fraud- and those that tout it believe in no such thing. 

I would like to see the IQ studies- I would imagine that those from the Sudan would have a low average, but I would be surprised if a comprehensive test would result in a 72 average. 

[Mr. Dirlewanger]

Black African national averages are usually in the 70s. The "72" I cited was from IQ And The Wealth Of Nations .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_and_the_Wealth_of_Nations

It was a controversial book, no doubt.

Black Americans have an average IQ in the high 80s, I believe? It is not all genetic as the difference in Black American vs. African suggests. Nutrition etc make a difference, however, racial differences in intelligence are real but, much like the fact that Black men dominate American sports, we will not speak of it.

[Vermouth]

For 104 of the 185 nations, no studies were available. In those cases, the authors have used an estimated value by taking averages of the IQs of neighboring or comparable nations.

I'm glad to hear no one actually spent their time testing the intelligence of the Sudanese. It's an interesting concept, but this book compares IQ tests that had different methodologies and scales, and were conducted at different points in time. Also, some of the tests were done on small population pockets, not a national average. This would render the results unreliable if the authors' intent was to do country-to-country comparisons.

[Mr. Dirlewanger]

For 104 of the 185 nations, no studies were available. In those cases, the authors have used an estimated value by taking averages of the IQs of neighboring or comparable nations.

I'm glad to hear no one actually spent their time testing the intelligence of the Sudanese. It's an interesting concept, but this book compares IQ tests that had different methodologies and scales, and were conducted at different points in time. Also, some of the tests were done on small population pockets, not a national average. This would render the results unreliable if the authors' intent was to do country-to-country comparisons.

Some peers attacked it, others praised it. You can see this on the Wiki page. Their overall thesis wasn't of all that much interest for me when I first saw it. For the record, I have never read this book. I saw it while reading up on evolutionary psychology.