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Originally Posted by ratbastid
The whole notion of "intelligence" is western and caucasio-centric. To say, "oh, look, those people from other cultures--they're not as good at us at the things we, as a culture, do" isn't exactly breakthrough thinking.
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Intelligence in the IQ sense, perhaps. But do you have any evidence that individuals from non-western cultures do not distinguish between bright and less bright individuals within their own culture?
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In reality, being intelligent (however it's defined) isn't any more valuable than not being intelligent--above some baseline survival-level capacity, anyway.
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It depends on what you value. Within the United States, intelligence as measured by an IQ score predicts a great deal. It also predicts many outcomes beyond "survival". (If it predicts anything it, it must predict beyond survival level capacity - you must survive to both take the test and be measured at a later date).