Well, I'd tell you right off the bat that statement is clearly false because a population average at 45 is implausible. 70 is about the lowest mathematically because of how IQ's distribution is done. 100 - 2 stdevs (of 15) = 70. That's why 130 is the other end of the typical IQ tail.
I actually doubt you could get a 45 IQ if you tested ancient Greeks with a modern US test assuming away the translation issues. The idea that there's an entire country that stupid? And nearly an entire continent? Incredibly implausible.
If they said 85 it'd be a claim that would actually take work to dismiss. It's probably still false, but you'd have to actually pull up some data to disprove it. I'm skeptical any population of millions could score that low but it's plausible enough.
edit: Oh, Richard Lynn.
He's a self-proclaimed white supremacist and racist, ran his own psuedoscientific journal, etc.
I actually doubt you could get a 45 IQ if you tested ancient Greeks with a modern US test assuming away the translation issues. The idea that there's an entire country that stupid? And nearly an entire continent? Incredibly implausible.
If they said 85 it'd be a claim that would actually take work to dismiss. It's probably still false, but you'd have to actually pull up some data to disprove it. I'm skeptical any population of millions could score that low but it's plausible enough.
edit: Oh, Richard Lynn.
He's a self-proclaimed white supremacist and racist, ran his own psuedoscientific journal, etc.
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