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…in reply to @janeruffino
janeruffino Yup! Hence people who live within the culture where the concept of IQ was ”invented” have a higher IQ than people outside it. And many people with super-high IQs wouldn’t survive 2 weeks in the forest =) apa.org/monitor/feb03/intelligence.aspx
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janeruffino Among the Luo people in rural Kenya, intelligence has 4 broad concepts: rieko, which largely corresponds to W. idea of academic intelligence; luoro, which includes social qualities like respect, responsibility and consideration; paro, practical thinking; and winjo, comprehension.
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janeruffino Wow, you’ve sent me down a rabbit hole now. This was super interesting.
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janeruffino Also been thinking of animal intelligence which is largely down-played so we don’t feel bad about killing them.
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