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you're right, IQ tests are culturally biased towards western values. I consistently got between 140 and 150 in IQ tests while in grade school because capitalist societies reward mathematical skills, spatial reasoning and creative problem solving (finance, engineering and management), which I happened to be good at but I wouldn't ever consider myself a genius like those numbers are thought to represent.
I always thought my high scores reflected my ability to observe, replicate and synthesize shapes through illustration, which benefits many other aspects in my life, rather than being smart. Essential spiritual and social skills in other cultures aren't even considered and if they were, my score would be just as average as everyone else.
If intelligence were to be measured in a meaningful way, it should be done in the context of the culture that the test taker comes from.
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