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tptacek • yesterday at 9:27 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

The idea of national mappings of "IQ distributions" are mostly fictitious. Nobody has ever run even plausibly-powered surveys to establish such a thing. Most people reading this thread have never even been offered a proctored IQ test, let alone been requested to take one to help establish an American national IQ statistic.

From what I understand, a reliable "America vs. China" IQ comparison is mostly hopeless.