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Yes. Firstly, iq tests have a bias to the culture that created them. It’s based on the sorts of problems that that culture values. You can use it to compare to different populations with different cultures.

Secondly, depending on what source you found, the study might have been run by racists with an agenda.

Thirdly, Africa is a huge continent with wildly varying cultures. You can just average those results together and get anything useful out of it, unless you have a racist agenda.

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rabber@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Well yeah everyone knows the iq test is not a good metric for actual intelligence.

So those cultures technically do have lower iq scores.

I don’t personally believe in iq tests though.

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- Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I linked a video that want into more detail, but Asmon was repeating a bad report that Afericans have a 70IQ. Even when the test wasn’t made for them and it’s dishonest to think that a different in IQ is meaningful in this instance, that’s still a dishonest number.
  
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  - rabber@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I can’t find a single study that doesn’t report low iq in somalia. Why has it only been studied by racists? Every single study?
    
    I know iq tests are bullshit but the numbers are right here.
    
    Just going to say again I don’t believe iq scores mean anything. Obviously the testing on science isn’t going to go well in cultures that are dominated by cultist religious folk. What about math though?
    
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