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We have already rejected your hypothesis that there is no correlation between the average IQ of a country and the number of Nobels that it has won. That's not to say that there may not be outliers in certain countries of extreme intelligence - following this logic, maybe the Scots won more because they have outliers in their IQs. The extreme intelligent ones win Nobel prizes, whilst the lower level extreme IQ population go contracting and post on CUK.
And no, you haven't researched WHY certain countries may have won more prizes than others ... you have simply listed from Wiki the number won by a select number of countries.
Have you started drinking early again today?
"you have listed countries with their Nobel prize winner"
And the Scottish and Welsh defer to the English....
Tony Blair, born in Scotland, educated in Scotland, Scottish parentage, ethnically Scottish
Gordon Brown, born in Scotland, educated in Scotland. Scottish name, ethnically Scottish.
David Cameron, Scottish name, ethnically Scottish
Blair attended Chorister School in Durham from 1961 to 1966 Aged thirteen, he was sent to spend his school term time boarding at Fettes College in Edinburgh from 1966 to 1971 In 1972, at the age of nineteen, he enrolled for university at St John's College, Oxford,
So just 5 years education Scotland then...
“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”
Well yes, apart from him having parents that were Scottish, being born in Scotland, and going to the just about top Scottish secondary school before he went to University he absolutely adds value to your case that Scots defer to the English.
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