I have had debates on here about various issues. One of the debates was about why Africa is always in disarray.
So I talked to a guy from Nigeria and asked him why?
He looked at me and said.
It's simple of why Africa is in bad shape. He said....
Too many difference of opinions of how things should be. He said for example.
In Nigeria. There are over 500 different tribes. With various languages and cultures.
I told him my doctor was from Nigeria to. He said... What is his name.
I told him.
He goes.
Ah... an EBO man with a smile.
I said what's the smile about.
He said.. No offense to your doctor. But we DON'T TRUST EBO guys.
I said why..
He said they are shady and are money hustlers.
I said wow.
He said there are tons of African tribes that HATE EACH other.
Basically he said it's no different than DIE HARD LIBERALS fighting against DIE HARD CONVERSATIVES.
He said.. just imagine if there were 500+ political parties all with various thought processes. He said how much in fighting would there be.
He said. it has nothing to do with intelligence or anything like that.
He said it's all about ego. Such as "Our tribe" is better then your "tribe".
I thought this was interesting.
I repeat man: AVERAGE one. Where tribalism is still existing ? And now verify AVERAGE IQ in those populations...
Societies with bigger potentials - asian and white especially advanced from tribalism.Through violent conquer of course,but achieved that. Less geniuses,less chances to improve. That is why central Africa stayed with tribalism and shit huts.
I am NOT saying black people are idiots.Absolutely not. 20 points difference in IQ is big but not so big between people. It is maybe near the difference between Joe from IT and Jack using forklift in warehouse.(For example,because it isn't such thing that more intelligent people always have better jobs). But if you have to compare society where there are usually people like Joe to society where there are usually people like Jack... You got it ? That's problem.
PS: Of course higher IQ don't make any man better man. Not make people genius.IQ is only intelectual POTENTIAL.
To those not understanding: there are people like Terrence Tao and people like Marilyn vos Savant (Marilyn Mach).Similar IQs,different outcomes.
IQ doesn't mean shit man.
I am an enterpreneur.
MOST people on your team will not be high IQ geniuses.
You need most people to be able to do task base work.
All complicated formulas are done by tools.
If tools are available and people know how to use it.But at the beginning of doing things on your own you wouldn't have all the tools...
Of course you wouldn’t have all the tools.
I think in order to understand if IQ is important. You would need to establish what type of job we would need someone to do and why:
To say that the reason why a group fails is because of low IQ. That doesn’t make sense:
If you watch shows like the profit.
If you look at most business ventures. Most of them fail and blow money:
We just can’t say. Well the reason why you failed is because your IQ wasn’t good enough:
My point is.
In Africa.
We can’t say it’s IQ. When there are so many cultures that live with each other.
An IQ test isn’t a mandatory thing in Africa: So to use an average stat doesn’t make sense.
When in reality. Would bet that the majority of people who live in Africa/
Have never taken the IQ teat in the first place. It’s not a requirement.
Just like the majority of blacks in America. Have never taken it as well.
Nor care to.
My opinion, and it’s not worth much I’m just a prol bottom dweller, is that high IQ and genius should be separated. Genius is the ability to adapt and solve problems. High IQ would be the retention of information stored or the amount absorbed, retained and ability to administer into an application. Genius is a very useful and practical quality. High IQ alone, normally seems to lack a discernment and understanding to adapt and respond to critical analysis within practical problem solving outside of retained information, and usually seems to be boxed in and limited to the absorbed information that has been retained. High IQ is a negative if it is not accompanied by genius. Hence why we have so many educated and high IQ fools. But so goes the mystery of life. Next conversation what is the difference between knowledge and wisdom?
BOOM!!!! THIS IS TOTALLY ON POINT!!!!!!!!
AWESOME POST!!!!
The greatest Generals are those who can evaluate and discern the strengths and weaknesses of his division and men and use and place them accordingly. The best quality of a highly skilled and trained individual is knowing when to step back and play a support role. Cheers to an entrepreneurial and independent spirit. Most intellectual intelligence that can’t discern the spirit is limited and can only go so far. I appreciate the post. As far as Africa and its tribalism, a house divided cannot stand. The enemy knows this.