What a coincidence;
No pointers yet, but tommorow European media will publish a science report about IQ among Europeans.
DE was best with an average of 107, NL was 2nd. UK 8th.
And -no kidding- BE was’nt mentioned.
According the researchers the climate was the main reason for the differences. And the Northern climate a benefit, and influence on brain-volume.
source: radio-news of Studio Brussel. More pointers will probably follow.
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=28757&name=Dutch%2C+Germans+are+brightest%2C+research+finds
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060327-015159-1843r
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18626841%5E2703,00.html
I wonder how one would go about finding a random sample to participate in an IQ test. Whose IQ test did they use?
Intelligence? If it came down to survival, my money is on those in the rural areas.