Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
by ben_w on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:43AM
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IQ 125+ is a bit less than the top 5%.
The country with the highest percentage of PhDs is Slovenia, at 3.8% of 25-64 year-olds.
I know academic performance doesn't perfectly equate to IQ, especially at this level because right now smart people have many other options, but on the other hand that's the highest percentage and the OECD average is just short of 1.1%.
China I'm not sure about, but seems to be about 500k/year, so if I estimate population of 1.5e9 and 80 year life expectancy, that's a steady-state level of 3.75% of the entire population.
So the minimum for those things being above IQ 125 seems at least plausible. May not be correct, but it is plausible.
The country with the highest percentage of PhDs is Slovenia, at 3.8% of 25-64 year-olds.
I know academic performance doesn't perfectly equate to IQ, especially at this level because right now smart people have many other options, but on the other hand that's the highest percentage and the OECD average is just short of 1.1%.
OECD PhD percentages: https://doi.org/10.1787/888933978645
China I'm not sure about, but seems to be about 500k/year, so if I estimate population of 1.5e9 and 80 year life expectancy, that's a steady-state level of 3.75% of the entire population.
So the minimum for those things being above IQ 125 seems at least plausible. May not be correct, but it is plausible.