What

The conflict in the kashmir region is due to the oil transportation links in the region and is an effort by the Russians to halt exports to Europe

Change my mind

Indeed

We need more nick land lit

India and Pakistan do this every few years.

Nothing out of the norm

Also @Sinbad that Instagram pic is the silliest thing I've seen in awhile

What mine?

It’s this

🎵 The best part of waking up is fluoride in my cup ☕ 🎵

Lhhhh

Ohhh

Yeah

I posted it cus they didn’t know what they were talking abt

Even tho I know their page has good intent

hello from singapore, 2.30 am

I'm currently high up on caffine

So ask away any questions that you possibly can't figure out on asia before I crash out

anyone ?

Why is there a radical difference in IQ between East Asian and South Asian countries?

Ah

That is a tough one...

give me a moment

One of the main factors would be the role of religious institutions and their influence on scientific knowledge

While east asian religious organizations do not have their schools designed specifically to shield basic science or parts of history where the religion is centered with controversy, the same cannot be said for south asian counterparts

this could be further proven with the amount of religious conflicts being higher in south asia than east asia

There's also the matter of how information travels

while east asia had relatively calm seas and rivers, south asia had mountains, rivers that could flood entire communities and whatnot

this is just 2 out of several reasons, but the bottom line is that the geo-political locations and activites that occur in south asia and east asia is the main reason for the IQ gap

But a small reminder, the testing of IQ is still rather flawed as it was conceived in a mostly white society. This would make it rather finicky when tested in a more culturally diverse environment

What about the race divide on IQ?

It just means that the majority of people within a race have less intelligence

but it does not rule out the slim minority of those within these "dumber races" having above normal intelligence

It also doesn't hurt east asia that it has experienced one of the largest economic booms in modern history

If South asia had that economic growth instead, this intelligence gap would quickly be smaller

cause how you gonna teach your kids

with what money ?