PeruvianTruecel
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I don't really buy it, at least not when it comes to generalizing entire populations and extrapolating conclusions and theories about them. Like, x ethnicity has lower IQ but and that's why their country is poor and a shithole. Lots of nazi types buy into that , but saying that IQ (apparently fixed number determined by genes) is what determines stuff like poverty and development level , which is fluid, is for me silly. Before Europeans began their age of exploration, they weren't some significantly more advanced population compared to other civilizations. The Chinese were just as advanced, if not more so. Arabs as well rivaled them. The Mayan civilization was quite advanced as well in despite of their isolation.
Anyway things happened and Europeans went on top, for a good period of times Asia was a shithole outside of Japan, but in the second half of the 20th century that changed with Korea, China, Singapore etc.. all exploding in development. Arab countries have experienced difficulties/lack of development, likewise India, and Latin America.
If IQ is the reason why some populations are prone to being less advanced, and it's fixed, then it fails to explain actual history.
Anyway things happened and Europeans went on top, for a good period of times Asia was a shithole outside of Japan, but in the second half of the 20th century that changed with Korea, China, Singapore etc.. all exploding in development. Arab countries have experienced difficulties/lack of development, likewise India, and Latin America.
If IQ is the reason why some populations are prone to being less advanced, and it's fixed, then it fails to explain actual history.