Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:34 pm

Global average 84.3…wouldn't it be 100 by definition?

Just to compound the stupidity of these wild statements, according to this website, China's average IQ is 105 while the USA is 98. The Irish are at 92 while Equatorial Guinea comes in at 59

https://iq-research.info/en/average-iq-by-country

Without a price of beer comparison these stats are meaningless.

not sure when this was done but corruption in Thailand has gotten MUCH worse than before the military took over
Locals are unhappy, even expats are getting upset with many new rules/hassles at immigration & regulations, (they just announced the UK embassy will no longer provide a letter stating ur income for 1 year extensions).

Kampoochie wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:45 am

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:34 pm

Global average 84.3…wouldn't it be 100 by definition?

Worth noting this is pulling "facts" from rlynn.co.uk, the website of Richard Lynn. Rational Wiki describes him this way:

Richard Lynn (1930–) is a white supremacist British psychologist, eugenicist, and self-described "race realist" who formerly taught at the University of Ulster. A former editor-in-chief of the prominent racist pseudojournal Mankind Quarterly, Lynn has been claiming that genetics is responsible for racial inequality and international wealth inequality for decades. Unlike many other researchers with provocative conclusions about race, Lynn is willing to advocate for high-IQ, "genetically superior" societies closing their borders to keep the low-IQ inferior people out.[1] He is probably best known for his work with Tatu Vanhanen,Wikipedia's W.svg a political scientist, estimating the average IQ scores of different countries.[2] This work has led him to the conclusion that Sub-Saharan African countries have average IQ scores of below 70, an estimate that has been heavily criticized because of his unsystematic methodology.[3] His work on alleged race differences in intelligence gained prominence when it was cited in the Bell Curve.[4]

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:04 am not sure when this was done but corruption in Thailand has gotten MUCH worse than before the military took over
Locals are unhappy, even expats are getting upset with many new rules/hassles at immigration & regulations, (they just announced the UK embassy will no longer provide a letter stating ur income for 1 year extensions).

Like what because I'm not aware of any, the people I know find the process much smoother than previous. I don't blame Thailand for a unilateral decision by the British Embassy.

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:04 am not sure when this was done but corruption in Thailand has gotten MUCH worse than before the military took over

So, like 40 years ago? Who woulda thunk it?

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:43 am

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:04 am not sure when this was done but corruption in Thailand has gotten MUCH worse than before the military took over
Locals are unhappy, even expats are getting upset with many new rules/hassles at immigration & regulations, (they just announced the UK embassy will no longer provide a letter stating ur income for 1 year extensions).

Like what because I'm not aware of any, the people I know find the process much smoother than previous. I don't blame Thailand for a unilateral decision by the British Embassy.

like what? Heres two
well ur supposed to do a new TM 30 EVERY TIME you come back to ur home if u have stayed in a hotel or left the country,of course every immigration has its own rules. Phuket, cm and others requires it, Bangkok No, not sure about Pattaya, http://www.chiangmailocator.com/wiki-th ... o-you-p172

Immigration now, ( at least for Phuket an other places i have heard about on Thaivisa) sometimes (has happened to 3 friends of mine that have done their retirement extensions in the last month) visits u at the home ur registered at. Used to be they only visited those on Marriage extensions.

I still find it quite painless thou, did mine in June

phuketrichard wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:04 am
not sure when this was done but corruption in Thailand has gotten MUCH worse than before the military took over

So, like 40 years ago? Who woulda thunk it?

No, like 4 1/2 years ago according to thai newspapers and tv news an talking with locals

Jerry Atrick wrote:How many of you have actually had to sit an IQ test in real life?

I never was required to do so.

Of course, I have tested mine online at some point since internet access became widespread, but that doesn't mean much, except to my ego.

In my school in Canada we were required to every year from age 6 to 10