<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[World&#x27;s smartest countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">1  Singapore  108<br />
2  South Korea  106<br />
3  Japan  105</p>
<p dir="auto">No surprises so far</p>
<p dir="auto">4  Italy  102<br />
5  Iceland  101<br />
5  Mongolia<br />
6  Switzerland</p>
<p dir="auto">7  Austria  100<br />
7  China<br />
7  Luxembourg<br />
7  Netherlands<br />
7  Norway<br />
7  United Kingdom</p>
<p dir="auto">8  Belgium  99<br />
8  Canada<br />
8  Estonia<br />
8  Finland<br />
8  Germany<br />
8  New Zealand<br />
8  Poland<br />
8  Sweden</p>
<p dir="auto">9  Andorra  98<br />
9  Australia<br />
9  Czech Republic<br />
9  Denmark<br />
9  France<br />
9  Hungary<br />
9  Latvia<br />
9  Spain<br />
9  United States</p>
<p dir="auto">10  Belarus  97<br />
10  Malta<br />
10  Russia<br />
10  Ukraine</p>
<p dir="auto">11  Moldova  96<br />
11  Slovakia<br />
11  Slovenia<br />
11  Uruguay</p>
<p dir="auto">12  Israel  95<br />
12  Portugal</p>
<p dir="auto">13  Armenia  94<br />
13  Georgia<br />
13  Kazakhstan<br />
13  Romania<br />
13  Vietnam</p>
<p dir="auto">14  Argentina  93<br />
14  Bulgaria</p>
<p dir="auto">15  Greece  92<br />
15  Ireland<br />
15  Malaysia</p>
<p dir="auto">16  Brunei  91<br />
16  Cambodia<br />
16  Cyprus<br />
16  Lithuania<br />
16  Sierra Leone<br />
16  Thailand</p>
<p dir="auto">17  Albania  90<br />
17  Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />
17  Chile<br />
17  Croatia<br />
17  Kyrgyzstan<br />
17  Turkey</p>
<p dir="auto">18  Cook Islands  89<br />
18  Costa Rica<br />
18  Laos<br />
18  Mauritius<br />
18  Serbia<br />
18  Suriname</p>
<p dir="auto">19  Ecuador  88<br />
19  Mexico<br />
19  Samoa</p>
<p dir="auto">20  Azerbaijan  87<br />
20  Bolivia<br />
20  Brazil<br />
20  Guyana<br />
20  Indonesia<br />
20  Iraq<br />
20  Myanmar<br />
20  Tajikistan<br />
20  Turkmenistan<br />
20  Uzbekistan</p>
<p dir="auto">21  Kuwait  86<br />
21  Philippines<br />
21  Seychelles<br />
21  Tonga</p>
<p dir="auto">22  Cuba  85<br />
22  Eritrea<br />
22  Fiji<br />
22  Kiribati<br />
22  Peru<br />
22  Trinidad and Tobago<br />
22  Yemen</p>
<p dir="auto">and then some</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.gaytor.rent/topic/12758/world-s-smartest-countries</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:03:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://community.gaytor.rent/topic/12758.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2014 01:22:43 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World&#x27;s smartest countries on Sat, 03 Jan 2015 19:39:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>Interactive map</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.targetmap.com/viewer.aspx?reportId=5200" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.targetmap.com/viewer.aspx?reportId=5200</a><br />
<img src="http://www.pc-freak.net/images/IQ_world_rank_by_country_world_distribution_of_intelligence.JPG" alt="" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<p dir="auto">Interesting section on how higher temperature and more inbreeding are correlated over time with lower IQs and lower temperature and more outbreeding are associated with higher IQs.<br />
<a href="http://jaymans.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/more-on-farming-and-inheritance-systems-part-i-iq/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://jaymans.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/more-on-farming-and-inheritance-systems-part-i-iq/</a></p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Inbreeding and outbreeding map</strong><br />
Green=very little inbreeding<br />
Red=high inbreeding<br />
<img src="http://jayman.blog.com/files/2012/05/Europe-Region-Unemployment-2010.png" alt="" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="http://www.ourict.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Screen-Shot-2014-08-14-at-10.07.35.png" alt="" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Plant hardiness map</strong><br />
<img src="http://www.your-garden-ponds-center.com/images/zone-map-2.jpg" alt="" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/116112</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.gaytor.rent/post/116112</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nordicblue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2015 19:39:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World&#x27;s smartest countries on Fri, 02 Jan 2015 01:52:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Actually what I find surprising is that Spain is above… with their universities really? Mongolia is surprising too helps breack the steriotypes.</p>
<p dir="auto">Wondering exactly how they even made the list, student sampling with standart IQ test? How big was the sampling even?</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115868</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115868</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[myrea]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2015 01:52:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World&#x27;s smartest countries on Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:03:49 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">You are with Slovenia and Uruguay, so perhaps it is not too old.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115475</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115475</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nordicblue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:03:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World&#x27;s smartest countries on Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:16:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Portugal in 12? This must be old, with the way our office destroys education we should be further down.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115392</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115392</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[myrea]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:16:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World&#x27;s smartest countries on Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:24:22 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/masonmason" aria-label="Profile: Masonmason">@<bdi>Masonmason</bdi></a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Mongolia hast to be wrong or the system grades in an odd way with so many still nomadic not to   mention the illiteracy rate.</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Ehh, no</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115355</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115355</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nordicblue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:24:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World&#x27;s smartest countries on Sun, 28 Dec 2014 03:37:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Mongolia hast to be wrong or the system grades in an odd way with so many still nomadic not to  mention the illiteracy rate.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115238</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115238</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Masonmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2014 03:37:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World&#x27;s smartest countries on Sun, 28 Dec 2014 01:15:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/regnomraw" aria-label="Profile: regnomraw">@<bdi>regnomraw</bdi></a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Woohoo, Australia in the top 10. Not too bad! (We can do better though, gotta pull up our socks!)</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">I think there should be no surprise there about the top ten.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115218</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115218</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nordicblue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2014 01:15:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World&#x27;s smartest countries on Sat, 27 Dec 2014 14:36:48 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Woohoo, Australia in the top 10. Not too bad! (We can do better though, gotta pull up our socks!)</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115139</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115139</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[regnomraw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2014 14:36:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World&#x27;s smartest countries on Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:43:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/newsandevents/aspire/issue11springsummer2012/greece/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/newsandevents/aspire/issue11springsummer2012/greece/</a></p>
<p dir="auto">Greece went bankrupt, so spending gobbs of money upon education may not be within reason.  However, I am surprised to see them so high in spite of everything.  Also, Mongolia and Italy surprises me, being so high.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/113843</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.gaytor.rent/post/113843</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nordicblue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:43:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World&#x27;s smartest countries on Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:31:42 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Greece ranked in the 15?<br />
Darn…. :cry2:</p>
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