Western Europe is done for

[TooMacaan]

I'm not gonna lie I'm pretty impressed with @TooMacaan in this thread, she's sharp. If I didn't know any better I would've guessed she's a man.

Why do you associate "sharpness" with being male?? Are you insinuating that biological females are incapable of holding an argument??

Ok, now that I got triggered and displayed a tendency towards oversensitivity and lack of humor...do I go back to being female again?

 

[jugjugwacwac]

Why do you associate "sharpness" with being male?? Are you insinuating that biological females are incapable of holding an argument??

Ok, now that I got triggered and displayed a tendency towards over sensitivity and lack of humor...do I go back to being female again?

Smart and funny? What's going on here?

 

[government]

The reason I posted that study is to show that some men surpass women after reaching the age of puberty (I don't actually believe the reasons are biological, rather I think it's that evolutiontionary instincts of risk taking and competition kick in). If it was only about mental maturity, then boys would have just remained on par with the girls after reaching the age of maturation (rather than surpassing girls, as they ended up doing). And as I said in a previous post, historical gender roles (such as child bearing responsibilities) have impacted the way men's and women's psychologies have evolved (thus, our behavior and tendency towards certain choices...this is environmental, not really biological).

As to the bell curve, empirical observation and even the history of evolution allows us to see that it is a logical theory. Men take more risks and historically were concerned with spreading their seed(quantity). With that: they will succeed and either end up at the top or they will fail and end up at the bottom. With women, we are usually forced to be more cautious because our historical role was to protect, house, and raise the seed (quality). With that: we historically evolved with the mentality of being averse to risk taking. And due to the lack of risk taking, women don't have the opportunity to end up on either tails of the bell curve (not many female geniuses either). Instead, women will remain stagnant in the normal distribution until behavior patterns are changed. It's pretty self evident to me.

I'd have to look at the studies of maturation differences between males and females to see if it even has any significant bearing on the outcome of the bell curve tbh. What do you mean by mental maturity? Isn't the whole 'girls mature faster than boys' thing related to emotional intelligence whereas IQ is testing general intelligence??
I also tend to notice that some men don't have a problem with accepting the notion that men are just more intelligent than women due to innate differences only...but seem to have a problem with the bell curve because it doesn't allow them to cherry pick the positives. The bell curve is a full package; you can't claim the positive/top % and cut out the negative/bottom %. Is the factor of age the only reason you have in dismissing the bell curve theory??

P.s. The last time I read some of these IQ related studies were mid-HS so it's been a few years. I know there were some really good ones though so I'll post them when I get on my laptop if I can find them again.

Your theory may be true I never thought about it like that However that doesn't mean the the original study in which the bell curve is based on is true
http:/www.boysadrift.com/2007Giedd.pdf is a study from 2007 it says that tcerebral volume peaked in females at the age of 10 and half on average while in males it peaked at the age of 14 and half on average

 

[Steamdevolopment]

I can hear y'all over here in one of the happiest countries and most peaceful. Find any index that is desirable and you'll see nordic countries in the top.

Polish people come to these countries for a better future, need I say more?

 

[TooMacaan]

Smart and funny? What's going on here?

Definitely something sinister.

Your theory may be true I never thought about it like that However that doesn't mean the the original study in which the bell curve is based on is true
http:/www.boysadrift.com/2007Giedd.pdf is a study from 2007 it says that tcerebral volume peaked in females at the age of 10 and half on average while in males it peaked at the age of 14 and half on average

I'll take a look at it and get back to you later on.

 

[Apollo]

I can hear y'all over here in one of the happiest countries and most peaceful. Find any index that is desirable and you'll see nordic countries in the top.

Polish people come to these countries for a better future, need I say more?

Historical theft from colonies and then capital growth build on that. Once you have money you continue to make lots of money.