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.
Interesting, but I would also like to see data on the average IQ in the different African countries.... I'm betting that data is well hidden these days.
Edit: Found it: https://brainstats.com/average-iq-in-nigeria.html
Average IQ in Nigeria is 84.
National IQ Scores:
https://www.photius.com/rankings/national_iq_scores_country_ranks.html
IQ is a bell curve, but explains a lot. Combination of IQ and hormones explains more than most would believe.
None of this means that any individual cannot be an exception to the rule, but the rules are the rules, generally, for mostly biological reasons.
IQ is overrated.
In reality.
When building a TEAM to do something big.
You need a variety of skillsets win.
Most of the team will need to be able to do EASY TASK that can be repeated by anyone.
This is why most successful organizations can SCALE out their model. WHY?? Because they can train ANYONE off the street to do a task.
McDonald's made a fortune. Because they were able to create a system of scale. That you can take anyone to flip burgers.
Most high IQ genius folks do not work in SALES and MARKETING to push product,
WHY?
Because the common person would not understand complicated tech talk. The common person needs things explained in SIMPLE terms.
So I am not buying that IQ means too much.
You only need a few geniues to do good.
Creativity in the most important.
Why do you think most CEO's do not know anything about technology like writing code.
But still they are leading the tech team to execute a task.
Sure, but Apple Computer is larger than McDonald's and built much more quickly. Different skill set.
Their skill set is in obtaining and directing resources, strategy, capital raising, and motivation. They don't need to know how to write code or flip burgers. Different job, different skill set.
Not really. The CEO is leading upper management, only part of which is leading the tech team. The rest of upper management is leading sales, marketing, finance, legal, and a host of other departments within the entire organization.
IQ is not "be all, end all." I will agree with you on that. But it is also not irrelevant. It is highly relevant at the macro level.
IQ is a stupid FINITE number that doesn't make logical sense to use.
Here is why.
IF I took the IQ test and it said I am an idiot.
IF I got the answers to the test and someone explained to me why I got the problems wrong.
I can CORRECT my wrong answers and learn the material.
That's the problem with testing.
People brain's are very similar to AI technology.
AI is designed to fail over and over again. And make corrections based off of mistakes.
For Example: The Auto Driving Vechiles that Google made. Did make some mistakes and causes crashes.
This is how they improved the AI. By making those mistakes and correcting them.
I am a software engineer.
First versions of an app is always BAD and has bugs.
Over time the app gets better as we correct the mistakes.
You cannot use a test to figure out people. Because people are not STATIC entities. We are DYNAMIC entities that change and grow via experiences.
A finite IQ number is nothing more than a HIGHER ED Academic's way of saying they can figure people out.
I am 42 years old.
I was a lazy C student in high school.
My intelligence has increased 100 fold since college.
WHY???
Because I care now. I didn't care before.
What I would like to see with the IQ test.
I would like to make it like real life. Give someone the test. Tutor them on what they miss. See can they improve.