NorthernRyland

Anyone can make an IQ test and there's many proxies. Working backwards from the chart I posted, career itself is a proxy for IQ. Consider the fact the brain an organ and has a function like every other organ in the body. The idea is to make a test which measures the function of this organ.

That's the thing with Dunning-Kruger, you don't know you're experiencing it by definition.

Here is a really interesting case of low IQ I saw on X. This girl makes a video explaining how she doesn't understand that 4+4=8 but 5+5=10. She was very smug about it and said no one could give her a good answer. It's hard to get inside her head but the idea seems to be that 4 and 5 are 1 unit apart but when added together the difference becomes 2. Where did the extra 1 come from? My best guess is that she doesn't understand that the numbers represent single units so the addition expands to be 4+4=1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1

I had to ask ChatGPT how to determine the percent of a normal distribution based on a standard deviation of 15. That was the answer it gave and showed the formulas. Why doesn't that apply to IQ? Here's is the output: To find the percentage of the population at or above 100 on a normal distribution with: Mean (μ) = 89 Standard deviation (σ) = 15 We are looking for the probability that a value is ≥ 100 Step 1: Convert to Z-score Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma} = \frac{100 - 89}{15} = \frac{11}{15} \approx 0.733 Step 2: Use the Z-score to find the percentile From the Z-table or using a standard normal distribution calculator: The area to the left of Z = 0.733 is approximately 0.7673 Step 3: Subtract from 1 to get the upper tail P(X \geq 100) = 1 - 0.7673 = 0.2327 ✅ Final Answer: Approximately 23.27% of the population has an IQ at or above 100 when the distribution has a mean of 89 and standard deviation of 15.

You really think Thailand has an average IQ higher than Switzerland? Why haven't they had any meaningful impact on the world of science, engineering or medicine? Why aren't French and Italians sending their kids to school in Thailand then?

To put this in better perspective an IQ of 100 is higher than 75% of the population, or only 25% of the population has an IQ of 100 or higher. This means only 25% of the population of Thailand has roughly the same intelligence (IQ) as a white European.

The median Thai person has roughly the same mental faculties as a white/European janitor. It's very important to know this if you are to understand the country and why things operate like they do.

Dope smokers and the general population usually don't have much overlap so this is good policy to keep those two groups separated. How can Thailand attract higher earning tourists if when they arrived they're dumped into a 20-something dope smoking party town? Even worse than that they may arrive and think their plan landed in Mumbai by accident.

I really don't like fish much so about the only thing I can stand are a little shrimp or the McDonalds fried fish sandwich. It's a very good sandwich for people who usually wouldn't eat fish or kids even. Yes it's processed and presents as kind of fake but it's still good.

Literally today I got some chopped fried chicken with bone fragments. It's a 5 star chicken run by a village woman. I was looking to get the fastest thing possible so I got "Khao Man Gai" with the fried chicken. She must have run out of breast pieces and threw in some random chunks. I tried to pull off some of the meat but still got bone fragments. Look at how the bones were cut right though. Nasty. This is pretty normal for very "northern" people. Try buying some of the various foods in bags at the market and you'll often find pieces of chicken (or fish) where they hack it up at random angles without any care. I rate that meal 0.5/5.

If you don't use it you lose it. Offload enough of your thinking to a computer and will forget how to think.

that's a shot from that video above. It's a total mess. The drumstick is mostly intact but they're so sloppy they'll sometimes chop the head of the bone and make fragments. You need to keep a close eye on them in case they do it without asking.

30 years and you never saw this? they hack through the femur and every other bone leaving fragments.

He's in his 40s in Nonthaburi, surely he could find employment in the city? Not sure what your options are at that age in Thailand but a security guard if nothing else.

I always wonder what kind of trashy people would let their teenagers modify their exhausts and drive around annoying hundreds of people every day. I understand why a teenager would get off on this but the parents should understand basic respectful behavior.

Thai people are so lazy and sloppy with cutting meat it doesn't surprise me. If you ever buy roasted chicken you need to make sure you tell them not to cut it or they'll take their clever and chop it up in random pieces and smash through bones leaving little fragments everywhere.

I thought this was already settled.

Story about a Canadian judge as told by an Indian. Very fitting indeed.

Your attitude seems to be "everyone else is stupid and doing it wrong except me". Come on this is just trolling now.

No, they transfer over the living expenses for the month and let her buy things they need, pay rent, bills etc... This isn't even just Thailand, it's done everywhere.

It's called a marriage. Women handles the bills and ordering things etc... and the man earns the money. They like having control over the money and getting to spend it so unless they're abusing the situation and buying things they shouldn't what's the problem?

Where's the guy who always posts the no Russians, Kazakhs, Chinese etc... image? I expected to see him already.

Reporting? Just look at the picture.

170cm tall Farang wielding a mighty stick from his steel steed. Run for the hills!

Thailand doesn't even know what they're selling. It's a lot of things and it's a great country but it's not high quality tourist material, except for in very isolated pockets like an all inclusive resort. Step one foot outside and it's an entirely different story.