Does IQ matter in a post oil world?
May. 14th, 2008 by Al 
IQ and the wealth of nations seems to be on my mind the last few days..to correlate IQ with race seems to have a tint of racism putting jews, asians and whites on the average top and others below the intellectual ladder.But does IQ matters now fossil decline has started?
During the last century fuelled by abundent oil economy..many information has been unlocked and pass on to the masses thru public education and hence test scores of students began to become increasingly important. From industrial to information economy knowledge that the people have and able to apply in the broad spectrum will determine the success of any nations.
Hence eugenics became a serious topic for academics and politicians alike.The pursuit of human perfection to control our destiny but is it just a fallacy to measure IQ if it can be measured at all?Test scores no doubt measured memory and understanding of various subjects the students went thru but life is larger than classroom textbased knowledge.
All the present knowledge is fuelled by cheap fossil energy , we’re talking about medicine, engineering and a legal and social economic structure promoted and backed by crude oil.What used is the IQ of a top brain surgeon without the medicine and tools needed to operate on the patient?And all the research of nanotechnology of whiz kids will be redundant without cutting edge lab facilities.
So the final question does IQ still matters in the psot oil world?Sure the world will still have smart people but the guage of measurement will be redefined as paradigm shifted in the usage of our energy.
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