Intelligence

Tests of intelligence, IQ Tests, are culturally based. If Albert Einstein took an intelligence test generated in China, he wouldn`t be Einstein. Furthermore, if the IQ Test was written in Chinese, Einstein would be classified as a moron. IQ Tests not... More

Tests of intelligence, IQ Tests, are culturally based. If Albert Einstein took an intelligence test generated in China, he wouldn`t be Einstein. Furthermore, if the IQ Test was written in Chinese, Einstein would be classified as a moron. IQ Tests not only measure inherited mental ability, but they also measure cultural access. Poor children attending poor schools generally score lower than middle class children attending middle class schools. The parents of poor children are generally uneducated and lack academic interest. Their home environment offers no mental stimulus. In New Mexico, Mexican children score lower test marks than White children because they aren`t fluent in English. Are these Mexican children stupid? At one point in American history Jews were designated as "mentally inferior". We now know that the "German Jew" possesses the highest grade intellect on the planet. James Cooke Less