yeah but you dont have european students committing suicide because of shitty grades

because it's also cultural

East Asians take academics much more seriously than Europeans

Also, East Asia, even china, is way more developed than most of Africa

that doesn't translate into IQ thoough, you can't educate IQ

it does translate into real world success, though

I mean, if you are a farmer all your life

with no educational opportunities

your IQ is likely to be lower

because you wont be spending time exercising your brain

and yet china is a conter example

how is china a counter example?

they're farmers with higher IQ

they were farmers

were until very recently

like 50 years ago

china only sttarted to be industrialised like 15 years ago

China is a big place, and China has been fairly urbanized since ancient times

VERY recent

Lmao

China started industrializing in the 70's my guy

to a degree yes

but with literally millions of farmers still

China opened up in the 90's

like yuo can't compare western europe to china even 10 years ago

Yeah, China has a higher average IQ today

also, again

it's also partially cultural

China has always put a heavy emphasis on Education

its people

and developmental deficits due to malnutrition etc wouldn't manifest in such a short time

china isn't like the Kongo, a tropical shithole

or we would see their IQ rocket up like 30 points

China is a center of civilization

it was until recently

im not talking about malnutrition

although that probably plays a factor

farmers do exercise their brains btw

if you dropped elon musk in feudal farmland, he'd make waves

not as much as students who's sole purpose is to basically expand their knowledge

he'd invent shit, gather a following, all kinds of shit