IQ has many facets. A person may be strong in one facet of IQ, but defecient in others.
LQ - This is logic quotient. These people are good in maths. logical steps for solutions. CQ - Corelation Quotient. The ability to corelate diverse factors and see how they fit. MQ - Memory quotient. Ability to recall information is a type of intelligence and plays a role in survival. TQ - Tribulation quotient. the ability to deal with stressfull and chaotic envionment. EQ - Emotional quotient. The ability to handle emotions and compartment them. Empathy the ability to put in other's shoes and see their POV is a type of intelligence. All these facets of intelligence comprise to form IQ. It varies in proportion from person to person. --- "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > Important to bear in mind when considering conclusions > based on this kind of data analysis is that IQ tests > measure what IQ tests measure--i.e., IQ scores don't > necessarily indicate innate intelligence, especially > cross-culturally. > > When you're looking at data suggesting that the > population of entire countries is, on average, > retarded (below 70 IQ score), you have to wonder what > is really being measured, and whether any meaningful > conclusions can be drawn from such data. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Fascinating chart. The raw data to support it can be found at: > > http://hypnosis.home.netcom.com/iq_vs_religiosity.htm > > <http://hypnosis.home.netcom.com/iq_vs_religiosity.htm> > > > > > > [IQ vs Religiosity] > > IQ and Religion > > The graph shown above relates the arithmetic mean IQ measured in various > > country's populations, to the fraction of each country's population that > > believes religion is very important. > > > > The green diamonds represent individual countries; the yellow line is a > > linear regression (y = mx + b), calculated by the least squares method. > > The United States data point is circled in red. TK Solver was used to > > create the graph from the data listed in the table below: > > > > Country > > > > Percent who say religion is very important > > (Pew survey) > > > > IQ > > (from Lynn & Vanhanen) > > > > Angola > > > > 80 > > > > 69 > > Argentina 39 96 Bangladesh 88 81 > > Bolivia 66 85 Brazil 77 87 Bulgaria > > 13 93 Canada 30 97 Czech Republic 11 > > 97 France 11 98 Germany 21 102 > > Ghana 84 71 Great Britain 33 100 > > Guatemala 80 79 Honduras 72 84 India > > 92 81 Indonesia 95 89 Italy 27 > > 102 Ivory Coast 91 71 Japan 12 105 > > Kenya 85 72 Mali 90 68 Mexico 57 > > 87 Nigeria 92 67 Pakistan 91 81 > > Peru 69 90 Philipines 88 86 Poland > > 36 99 Russia 14 96 Senegal 97 64 > > Slovakia 29 95 South Africa 87 72 > > South Korea 25 106 Tanzania 83 72 > > Turkey 65 90 United States 59 98 > > Uganda 85 73 Ukraine 35 96 > > Uzbekistan 35 87 Venezuela 61 88 > > Vietnam 24 96 > > > > > > The data shown above begs the question: what would be revealed by a > > survey that correlated IQ and religiosity on an individual basis? Within > > a given population, is religion more important to persons of high > > intelligence, or low intelligence? > > >