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Originally Posted by andyh2000
Isn't it always supposed to be 100?
Andrew
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Yes. What the statement is referring to is the % number of people at mean.
Quote: Mean population IQ is taken from Lynn and Vanhanen's[1] figures and yearly population estimates for each country from the U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base 2003[3]. Taking these figures at face value, we find that world population and mean IQ evolve at 25 year intervals over the century as given in the table at the right.
Year Population×109 Mean IQ
1950 2.55 91.64
1975 4.08 90.80
2000 6.07 89.20
2025 7.82 87.81
2050 9.06 86.32
That's for
Global but you can look up US.
I wonder who's going to fall into the trap of saying, "but those IQ figures show a decline, doesn't that mean we're getting dumber?" :-)
... And deepest apologies to original OP, we're way off the topic of this very interesting thread ...
To pull it back on thread : I think I have 4 swear words in my novel of 130,000 words; certainly less than 10. To the people who said that they will not read a book with profanity in it - fair warning...