Racism is the worse when the person spewing it is absolutely enveloped in pretense. Even if I pretend that the shit you wrote was true, it still does not support your conclusion. Evolution is favoring nothing here; what you wrote about is simply world politics and economics at work. Despite your argument to the contrary, your original post was the most intellectually dishonest thing I have read on LPSG in a very long time (hence my coming out of retirement).
You and I have disagreed about social 'mechanics' in the past but I pretty much entirely agree with the above. I'm a bit busy to address this fully tonight hence I'd not written anything but I suspect this 'theory' is founded in superficiality and presumption. It's been touched on by this poster a couple of times recently, must be a pet theory.
A few words to the OP:
Was the correlation between literacy and IQ factored? As for High tech, define please. As for African software; ever heard of Debian and Ubuntu Linux, Soft, Dafikas, Joomla, Ethiopic...? These are developed in whole or part by Africans some of whom were and still are actually in Africa. As for added value products; I agree sadly very little. Natural resources - the Chinese are taking advantage of weak African economies, something that irritates the hell out of me, and the citizens of a great many African nations.
Is Africa behind,
of course it is, as for why - is it your assertion seriously that this is (in part at least) due to African's innate stupidity and big dicks? Is that seriously what you are saying?
The reasons for African nations being 'behind' are many and varied, but I'd say few of these relate to inherent stupidity and penis size. To suggest (for at least the second time in a few days) even imply indirectly that that may be the case is so beyond ill informed as to be off the chart.
My view has got nothing to do with political correctness, everything to do with a knowledge of opportunities wasted, resources squandered, corruption, decades of inter-Nicene warfare and ethinic violence (often supported by the west), western economic policies and many nations having been pawns in nations cold war rivalries. The result of which over the last 50 years has left many African nations in a woeful state. This is to list but a few of the top off my head.
I looked at your stats; regardless of there real significance globally (ie almost none) citing one year of US stats and a five year trend wthout a social context is the foundation of your theory of global intelligence/penis size trends? Please tell us you have more than that. I ask because I see no reference to penis size in those year on year ACT figures, in its absence can you explain your inference, I mean there must be a size statistic in there to explain it, right?
Also, is that rise 0.7 points or 0.7%. That's the problem with stats. 0.7 would be a 0.14% rise. Not really mind blowing, or penis shrinking significance. 0.7% over 5 years isn't earth shattering either. Do you have similar figures based on comparable assessment markers for Africa, India, Europe, China over the same period? If so, please, feel free to post them here.
When you're able to make a cogent argument, I'll play.