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By Their Flags Ye Shall Know Them: National Flag Symbolism and Colors Predict Average Country IQ and HDI

2019-12-02

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<p>That human ancestry predicts average IQ and socioeconomic outcomes is amongst the most thoroughly replicated findings of the social sciences. Since human ethnic and cultural descent is usually represented on national flags, it was hypothesized herein that national flag symbolism and colors would be predictive of a nation’s average IQ and socioeconomic development. In order to test this hypothesis, national flag...

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27b895b3-7148-5615-91fe-48af3d3d9ed1
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10.31234/osf.io/r5yqs
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