[Harmless Teddy Bear]

But, you are right that IQ by nation statistics show that Africa is very low, the middle east is very low with the exception of Israel, Mexico to Argentina is generally low.

Fascinating.

As Argentina is of pure European extraction their IQ should be the same as Europe.

Of course they said that they were three IQ points ahead of Chile because Chileans had some "non-white" ancestry so their IQ must be lower.

That is interesting as Chile is a stable and prosperous country and Argentina has been a basket case for generations.

You would think it would be the other way around.

Or perhaps their work is a mix of government propaganda, some bits of what might be true and a great deal of pure hooey.

[MtnClimber]

Yes, I think people can be intelligent, but have completely flawed belief systems. The political left all over the world has many intelligent people, but intelligence in implementing evil is not good. What the world needs is intelligence combined with good will.

[wardaddy]

Argentinians are not pure European

[Czech_Occidentalist]

That is interesting as Chile is a stable and prosperous country and Argentina has been a basket case for generations.

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Actually, in the early 20th century Argentina was one of the most prosperous countries in the world. That’s why so many Europeans emigrated there. Later, Argentinian politicians became too ambitious and thought they could improve things by spending more money. But it was Juan Peron who destroyed Argentina with his form of fascism.

I think Chile has always been relatively decent as far as Latin America is concerned. Then, in the 1970s, Chile almost fell to communism. Fortunately, Augusto Pinochet stopped the commies. He invited American economists, who were Milton Friedman’s followers, to help him reform the Chilean economy. The government’s interventions in the economy were reduced. Chile began to prosper. Unfortunately, in recent years there have been some left-leaning governments so Chile isn’t as pro-market as it once was any more.