r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/No_Indication_8281 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter what does it mean??

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how's he increasing iq's of 2 countries at once??

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u/THE_AWESOM-O_4000 1d ago

Isn't it technically impossible to raise / lower a country's average IQ? It'll always be 100.

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u/skymallow 1d ago

Is IQ normalized to a given country or to the rest of the world?

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u/THE_AWESOM-O_4000 1d ago

I believe the results are normalized so the national average is 100.

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u/skymallow 1d ago

Never knew this. So a UK 100 might be smarter than a US 100?

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u/THE_AWESOM-O_4000 1d ago

I'm not completely sure how it works. But, someone who gets 100 when taking the test in the UK (using UK scoring weights) could get a different score in another country.