Were the crew o' America be genetically more intelligent than the landlubber o' elsewhere?

aye me hearty. americans the genetic race

A few factors I think lend to America performing well in this capacity. For starters, culturally and socially America has always rewarded the pioneer, the risk taker, the entrepreneur. This is an integral aspect of its identity, so American society is poised from a cultural perspective to explore new frontiers so to speak. Anglo culture in general has always promoted exploration and risk taking, but given the founding mythos of America is one that is birthed from not just sailing across an ocean in search of new lands, but also then revolting against the status quo, this makes America at its core highly mythologize high risk high reward gambles. Plus, consider their massive population, in addition to their vast wealth. It creates a recipe for a scientific powerhouse that's willing to throw money at riskier research opportunities that have the potential to break new grounds.

The scientific center of the world pre-WWII was Europe, some things happened and the scientific center shifted to the US and has remained there. Why it has remained there is partly due to inertia, i.e. smart people go where there already institutions of smart people, but also due to the willingness to take risks like the other guy said.

>>16724084 (OP)
>look into US Nobel laureates
>have of them are European-born immigrants

They were intelligent in taking in the best and brightest of the world

Economics. The nobel laureates are from the richest countries of their era. The US has dominated economically since WW2 which coincided with the most productive era for science.

>>16724084 (OP)
This is the mental retardation equivalent of thinking olympic medals are also a measure of something lol (other then by how much the government of a country spends on funding that sport)

>>16724084 (OP)
They simply stole all the smart people from yurop after the wars fucked everything.

>>16726280
>richest countries of their era
Andthat includes Poland, Hungary and Norway? Where then is Spain?