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Upon further googling, you seem to be correct. Apparently the people designing WISC-R never bothered to read up on the theory of intelligence.

This isn't even a new idea - it dates back to the original Spearman paper from 1904. Start reading on page 65.

http://www.similima.com/books/psychologybooks/psych7.pdf



Not to mention that the answer which gives you more points of IQ, hence meaning you're "smarter", isn't even correct. You can start with the native americans, go through to the vikings, and I read a book recently that made a very convincing case that the Chinese sailed to South America in 1421-1423 before they shut themselves off from the world for 400 years.




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