05-09-2008, 05:57 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+May 9 2008, 05:52 PM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ May 9 2008, 05:52 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I would say that is a good estimate right now but with development we may see it raise up to 90 maybe (Flynn effect). That would put it at the avg worldwide IQ, but I suspect that our IQ has a lot more variation in it than the much higher Chinese or South Korean IQs which would be advantageous, because there are so many endogamous groups.
Also higher IQ doesn't always seem to translate into higher achievement, most East Asian countries have higher IQs but barring modern times where some of them have become developed countries they have always been influenced by Indian culture and ideas not the other way around, even China and Japan have huge Indian influence through Buddhism.
The IQ of Indians in the West (I mean UK, Canada, US etc) is not a good representation of the average Indian IQ since these groups are self selected immigrants, but neither are the samples from Fiji etc where the early indentured servants mostly tended to be from one region of India (UP) and poor.
Also culture and religion seems to play a big role in achievement, the best example is UK where Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims all immigrated around the same time, 30 or 40 years later the Hindus and Sikhs are well off while the Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims are at the bottom, of course one may say that Pakistani inbreeding and the consequent mental retardation contributes to this as well, but as far as I know Bangladeshis don't have this practice and they are still at the bottom.
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Indian IQ varies all over the place depending on caste
Chinese IQ is homogenous
Also higher IQ doesn't always seem to translate into higher achievement, most East Asian countries have higher IQs but barring modern times where some of them have become developed countries they have always been influenced by Indian culture and ideas not the other way around, even China and Japan have huge Indian influence through Buddhism.
The IQ of Indians in the West (I mean UK, Canada, US etc) is not a good representation of the average Indian IQ since these groups are self selected immigrants, but neither are the samples from Fiji etc where the early indentured servants mostly tended to be from one region of India (UP) and poor.
Also culture and religion seems to play a big role in achievement, the best example is UK where Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims all immigrated around the same time, 30 or 40 years later the Hindus and Sikhs are well off while the Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims are at the bottom, of course one may say that Pakistani inbreeding and the consequent mental retardation contributes to this as well, but as far as I know Bangladeshis don't have this practice and they are still at the bottom.
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Indian IQ varies all over the place depending on caste
Chinese IQ is homogenous