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I would would like to know more about him and his theories on modern democracy

IQ of Africans

IQ of Finns is probably correct, but IQ of Africans definitely can't be between 60-70, since that would make them imbeciles, or to precise, such claim would state that average African has mental capabilities equal to dumbest 2,5% of white people. I haven't yet read Vanhanen's books, but reference to those claims are definitely necessity in this context. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.162.101.122 (talk) 14:07, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't an article about the IQ of Africans, but an article about Tatu Vanhanen. All that is needed is a reference that verifies he made such a remark, which is already included. Whether it is true or not is irrelevant.--XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO (talk) 22:50, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If a child took an adult IQ test and scored far below the adult mean, would that mean that the child is an imbecile? No, it wouldn't. Crusty wallace (talk) 00:57, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Intelligence Citations Bibliography for Articles Related to Human Intelligence

You may find it helpful while reading or editing articles to look at a bibliography of Intelligence Citations, posted for the use of all Wikipedians who have occasion to edit articles on human intelligence and related issues. I happen to have circulating access to a huge academic research library at a university with an active research program in these issues (and to another library that is one of the ten largest public library systems in the United States) and have been researching these issues since 1989. You are welcome to use these citations for your own research. You can help other Wikipedians by suggesting new sources through comments on that page. It will be extremely helpful for articles on human intelligence to edit them according to the Wikipedia standards for reliable sources for medicine-related articles, as it is important to get these issues as well verified as possible. It is especially important to get facts right in an article about a living person. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 16:50, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's a nice politically correct list; missing most of the major figures in psychometrics, but nice. -

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