Can you call an entire country cool? Is it fair to say that one nation is cooler than another? asks CNN. Given that most countries have killers, tyrants, and reality TV stars, the answer is a resounding yes, and CNN has taken it upon itself to answer its own question.
To sort the cool from the less fortunate, we've put together this list of the most stylish people on the planet. Not an easy task when dealing with almost 250 candidates. The main problem, of course, is that every nationality in the world thinks they are the coolest - with the exception of Canadians, who are too self-deprecating for this kind of thing.
Ask a man from Kyrgyzstan what kind of people are the coolest in the world, and he will say “Kyrgyz”. Who knows (seriously, who would know?), he might be right. Ask a Norwegian and he will finish chewing a piece of Thai green curry thoroughly, take a sip of Thai Singha beer, look thoughtfully at the Thai resort of Phuket and the sun that escapes his country for 10 months a year, and then mutter softly with some suicidal lack of conviction: "Norwegians".
It is not an easy task to determine who is cooler. Italians because some of them wear tight-fitting designer suits? Are Russians not cool because some wear outdated tracksuits and wrestling hairstyles?
Are the Swiss too neutral to be cool?
So, let's take a look at which nations are recognized as cool by CNN.
10. Chinese
Not the most obvious choice, but with a population of over one billion, statistically China should have its fair share of tough people. Also, it's smart to include the Chinese in any list, for example, because if we didn't, China's resourceful hackers would just break into the site and add themselves anyway.
Not to mention the fact that they managed to accumulate most of the world's currency.
Cool Icon: Brother Sharp is a homeless man whose appearance unwittingly made him feel internet fashion.
Not so cool: the concept of personal integrity is still largely unknown in the Middle Kingdom.
9. Botswana
Despite tax evader Wesley Snipes and Angelina Jolie's exciting adventures in Namibia, neighboring Botswana takes the crown of the cool from this country.
Even animals are relaxed in Botswana. The country, which has the highest population in Africa, prefers not to care for wild animals like some other safari countries.
Cool Icon: Mpul Quelagobe. Crowned Miss Universe 1999, Quelagobe is truly committed to "making the world a better place" and is a relentless campaigner for HIV/AIDS awareness.
Not so great: Botswana is the leader in the spread of HIV/AIDS in the world.
8. Japanese
We obviously will not talk about the salaries of the Japanese, their jobs and karaoke, where each of them introduces himself as Elvis. The Japanese torch of cool is brazenly held in their hands by Japanese teenagers, whose whims and twisted modern consumerism, fashion and technology often dictate what the rest of the world (we mean you, Lady Gaga) will wear.
Cool icon: Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may have been the coolest world leader, but former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is our choice. Forget teenagers, this man knows style, especially when it comes to shirts.
Not so great: Japan's population is rapidly aging. The future is very grey.
7. Spaniards
For what? Thanks to the sun, sea, sand, siesta and sangria, Spain is cool. Spaniards don't even start the party until most other countries are in bed.
Too bad it's time for everyone to go home.
Cool icon: Javier Bardem. Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz.
Not so great: we still remember the failure of the Spanish basketball team in China in 2008.
6. Koreans
Always ready to drink, refusing to participate in endless rounds of soju drinking is a personal affront in Seoul. By saying “one shot!”, you can make friends with Koreans and become the best buddies in the world. Koreans are the leaders of almost all current trends in music, fashion, cinema. They dominate and have earned the right to show off a bit when that “one shot!” turns into 10 or 20.
Cool Icon: Park Chan-wook has achieved cult status among emo film actors around the world.
Not so great: Kimchi flavor.
5. Americans
What? Americans? Intimidating wars, polluting the planet, arrogant, armed Americans?
Let's leave global politics aside. Where would the hipsters of today be without rock and roll, classic Hollywood movies, great American novels, blue jeans, jazz, hip-hop, "The Sopranos" and cool surfing?
Well, someone else could come up with all the same things, but the fact is that it was America who came up with it.
Cool Icon: Matthew McConaughey: Whether he's playing rom-com, stuck in astronauts and cowboys, he's still cool.
Not so cool: pre-emptive military strikes, random intrusions, predatory consumption, pathetic math estimates, and fat Walmart fruits automatically place Americans on any "most depraved" list.
4. Mongols
Here the air is filled with some mystery. These restless souls freedom lovers lead a nomadic lifestyle, prefer throat singing and a yurt. Everything is fur - boots, coats, hats. It adds its splendor to the historical mysticism. Who else keeps eagles as pets?
Cool Icon: Actress Khulan Chuluun, who played the wife of Genghis Khan in the very cool movie "Mongol".
Not so cool: Yaks and dairy products at every meal.
Jamaicans are the envy of the English speaking world and have the most distinctive and recognizable hairstyle on the planet. Tourist Note: Dreadlocks only look cool on Jamaicans.
Cool Icon: Usain Bolt. Most fast man and nine-time Olympic champion.
Not so great: high level murders and widespread homophobia.
2. Singaporeans
Just think: this digital age, where blogs and Facebook updates are almost everything that interests today's youth, old school concepts have been reloaded. Geeks now inherit the Earth.
With its absurdly computer-literate population, Singapore is a geek hub and its residents can claim their rightful place as avatars of modern cool. Now they're probably all tweeting about it.
Cool Icon: Lim Ding Wen. This child prodigy could program in six computer languages at the age of nine. A glorious future awaits him.
Not so great: with everyone addicted to computers, the local government is actually encouraging Singaporeans to have sex.
1. Brazilians
Without Brazilians, we wouldn't have samba and Rio carnival. We wouldn't have Pele and Ronaldo, we wouldn't have tiny swimsuits and tanned bodies on Copacabana beach.
They don't use their sexy reputation as a cover to exterminate dolphins or invade Poland, so we have no choice but to call Brazilians the coolest people on the planet.
So, if you're Brazilian and you're reading this, congratulations! Although, since you're sitting at your computer and not showing off your abs on the beach, you probably don't feel cool.
Cool Icon: Seu Jorge. Thanks to Bowie's Portuguese, you want Ziggy Stardust to be from Brazil, not from outer space.
Not so cool: Mmmmm, Brazilian meat and cocoa - delicious, but destruction agriculture vast tracts of tropical forests leave a bitter aftertaste.
The debate about who is the smartest people in the world continues, but now they have come out on new level. Subjective assessments are giving way to research, and the criteria for comparison are becoming more impartial.
Russians
There are still not so many indicators that claim to be objective in calculating the level of intelligence of peoples. This is, firstly, the average level of IQ, secondly, the number of scientific discoveries made by representatives of the people in the course of history, and thirdly, the number of winners of scientific prizes, primarily the Nobel Prize.
In terms of IQ, Russians are by far not the first in the world today, occupying only 34th place in the ranking. This is partly due to the fact that testing is still not a recognized and relevant type of research in our country. There is a historical explanation for this: in 1936, the USSR issued a decree "On pedological perversions in the system of the People's Commissariat of Education", which banned any tests. The ban was only lifted in the 1970s.
In count Nobel laureates Russia is also not ahead of the rest (23 laureates against 356 for the United States). But the Russians have made a huge contribution to the intellectual treasury of mankind, thanks to the discoveries and inventions of their scientists. So, Russian engineers Yablochkov and Lodygin invented the world's first electric light bulb, Alexander Popov invented the radio, Vladimir Zworykin is considered the "father of television", Alexander Mozhaisky created the first aircraft, Igor Sikorsky created the first helicopter, the world's first bomber, Alexander Poniatov designed the world's first video recorder, Prokudin-Gorsky made the world's first color photographs, Andrey Sakharov created the first hydrogen bomb, Gleb Kotelnikov - the first backpack parachute, Vladimir Fedorov developed the world's first machine gun, Nikolai Lobachevsky made a revolution in mathematics ...
This list could be continued for a long time. If we recall such luminaries of science as Dmitry Mendeleev, Mikhail Lomonosov, Ivan Pavlov, Ivan Sechenov, then doubts that the Russians are one of the smartest peoples in the world disappear by themselves. And this is without taking into account the contribution to world culture our classic writers.
peoples South-East Asia and Japanese
The countries of Southeast Asia are consistently among the leaders in terms of intelligence. Professors Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen (University of Ulster), authors of the study "Intelligence quotient and the wealth of nations" and "Intelligence quotient and global inequality" believe that this is due to high competition among students, with strict Asian discipline. Scientists have also found a diet rich in vegetables and seafood to be beneficial for the development of intelligence.
Ranked first in terms of intelligence Asian countries occupies China, and especially its Hong Kong region, where there are special conditions for the growth of indicators in natural and exact sciences. So, special popularity in Hong Kong in Lately acquire schools in which, in their free time, students are encouraged to engage in ... study. This desire for knowledge is bearing fruit. In the ranking of education, Hong Kong was second only to Finland. The average IQ in Hong Kong is 107, the first in the world.
In second place after the Hong Kongers in terms of IQ are Koreans. The Korean education system is considered one of the best and most efficient in the world, students in Korea are willing to spend 14 hours a day on education. However, she also has a significant disadvantage: during the examination period in this country there is a wave of suicides.
Speaking of smart Asian peoples, one cannot fail to mention the Japanese, who are recognized leaders in the high-tech sector. The scientific leap started in Japan after the war, today the University of Tokyo is one of the best in Asia and is ranked 25 best universities world, the literacy rate among the Japanese is 99%, the IQ level is 105.
English
Pyotr Kapitsa said that the level of intelligence of a nation can be assessed by scientific discoveries made by its representatives. Having counted the achievements of the peoples, the scientist came to the conclusion that the British are the smartest nation at the moment. The British have indeed made and continue to make a huge contribution to world science. The names of such scientists as Newton, Faraday, Maxwell, Rutherford, Turing, Fleming, Hawking are known all over the world. Large among the British and the number of Nobel Prize winners, British scientists have received the award almost every year since its inception. 121 English scientists received the Nobel Prize.
In terms of the development of science, Great Britain occupies the first place even today, the citation index of British scientists is the first among the peoples of the Old World. However, it must be said that since the late 1980s, the system of English education and science, having moved away from regulation and strict control by the government, began to lose ground. Education ceased to be elitist, and money began to be distributed for such research, for which they would not have given even a pound before. Hence today we have such a meme as "British scientists". Thanks to good funding, British scientists are doing a lot of research, the need for which for the development of science is doubtful.
Jews
The contribution of Jews to world science and culture is difficult to overestimate. Despite the fact that Jews make up only 0.2% of the world's population, according to 2011 data, out of 833 Nobel Prize winners, 186 Jews. Thus, there are 13.2 Nobel laureates per million Jews. The following Swiss and Swedes have this figure of 3.34 and 3.19, respectively. Jews became laureates 32 times in chemistry, 30 times in economics, 13 times in literature, 47 times in physics, 55 times in medicine, and received the Nobel Peace Prize 9 times. Out of three hundred and a half American laureates The Nobel Prize is almost forty percent - 36.8 - Jews.
Germans
Germany has been the center of European scientific thought since the Middle Ages. The first universities and scientific centers were opened here, people from all over Europe came to Germany for education. Johannes Gutenberg, Rudolf Diesel, Johannes Keppler, Max Planck, Gottfried Leibniz, Conrad Roentgen, Karl Benz are known to everyone. German philosophers Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer became the classics of philosophy. In terms of the number of Nobel Prize winners, Germany ranks third, behind only the US and the UK.
Ranking countries by intelligence can be like comparing apples and oranges. However, there are methods by which you can assess the level of intelligence in the country. In this article, you will learn about the ten smartest nations, rated by IQ, but, taking into account other important factors.
Research methods
One of the most popular ways to measure intelligence is the IQ test. Each test is made up of many thematic issues with increasing complexity. Among them are tasks for logical and spatial thinking, an assessment of the ability to independently compare and summarize facts, etc. There have been endless studies on whether a standardized test can accurately reflect the level of education and abilities of a person in areas such as memory, creativity or work. Also, if an IQ test is being developed in, say, a European country, won't it automatically be designed for members of local nations and will it disadvantage people from other continents?
There are other ways to evaluate the smartest nation in the world. For example, you can look at student grades in areas such as science and math, and take a survey. They are carried out directly during the period of children's education at school, which makes it possible to assess their current level of intelligence. Unlike other methods, the survey gives an idea of how students learn, which is in a good way look at how the country's education system works as a whole.
Another way to assess the intelligence of a nation is to study the contribution of the country in the fields of mathematics and science. Statistical data such as the number scientific works and discoveries per capita, show a high level of intelligence of scientists in the country, but perhaps not of the entire population. This is where the complexity of assessing the intelligence of the whole nation lies.
Some people also look at the level of education in a country by looking at how many people have a bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. However, this approach is inherently biased towards countries with cheap or free higher education systems, and is more a matter of access to education than actual intelligence. For example, according to statistics, Russia is in second place in the world in terms of the number of people with higher education, but according to other studies and polls, Russians are not in the top 10 smartest nations.
10. Sweden
The average IQ is around 100. Sweden has a good education system most of its costs are covered by the government. Thanks to this, it is available to anyone who has good mental capacity. In Sweden, over seventy-five percent of workers use computers in their workplaces. This is a good statistic. They also have a fairly large percentage of people with higher education.
9. Austria
The next three countries on this list have an average IQ that rounds up to the same whole number, so they will be listed in alphabetical order. Oddly enough, these three countries border on each other. This may mean that they have similar cultural characteristics, which make it so that their IQ test scores are very similar. It is possible that due to proximity, these three countries have similar education systems.
Austria is considered a country with one of the best education systems in the world. For every thousand people in the country, about 7 women and 9 men have a Ph.D. It is for these factors that Austria is in the top of the smartest. The average IQ in Austria is 102.
8. Germany
There has always been a high percentage of great thinkers among the Germans. When one talks about the fields of philosophy, science or art, many influential German minds come to mind. This is probably due to the fact that German citizens who have higher education in the field of natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, often go to study for another specialty. In fact, they are in third place in terms of the number of graduates with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) levels, despite the fact that their population is not as large compared to many other countries. Germany has a high GDP and some of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world. Thanks to this, the Germans take pride of place in the ranking of the smartest nations in the world. The statistics show that the average IQ in Germany is 102.
7. Italy
When we think of Italy, we always think of the Roman Empire or the Renaissance. Some of the greatest sculptors, painters, writers and poets were from this southern European country. To date, Italians are showing good progress in mathematics, physics and other fields. The average IQ in Italy is around 102.
6. Netherlands
The Netherlands have very good system education. The country with the best education system in the world and the best school exam grades is Finland. However, looking at average IQ in all countries of the world, Finland ranks only 29th. This perhaps illustrates the difficulty of ranking a country's intelligence in terms of IQ. On the other hand, education may be more focused on memorization and general knowledge, which are not as useful for an IQ test. The average IQ in Holland is 103.
5. Singapore
Singapore opens the top five smart countries Interestingly, they are all located in Asia. It is a small island-city-state in the southern part of Malaysia. Singapore is a place of cutting edge technology as well as business and finance. Young people in Singapore are always at the forefront when it comes to results in mathematics and science. Ultra-high GDP and ease of trade provide a lot of money to fund education and social projects. The average IQ in Singapore is 103.
4. Taiwan
The state of Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China, is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Taiwan is world renowned for its advances in technology as well as its dedication to the system public education. Many people in the state are bilingual. Since one of Taiwan's largest trading partners is the United States, many young people speak English fluently in order to have more opportunities for career development. The average IQ in Taiwan is 104.
3. Japan
Japan is a very advanced country when we are talking about the quality of education. She is known for having a complex philosophy of educating children, with students spending hundreds of hours preparing for tough exams. When it comes to scientific research, Japan is increasingly becoming one of the leading countries in the world. included in the list of leading educational institutions in the world and is considered best university in Asia. With a literacy rate of ninety-nine percent, Japan is one of the smartest nations in the world. The average IQ in Japan is 105.
2. South Korea
South Korea is the most "innovative" of all countries in the world. South Korean students perform some of the best on tests. The state spends colossal sums of money on research and development. Within the population, a high percentage of people hold a STEM degree, with over 30 percent of the adult population holding a degree in one of these cutting-edge fields. South Korea is considered to have the fastest and most reliable internet in the world. However, their education system has one significant disadvantage. As a result of complex tests, long schoolwork and high competition, the country has a high suicide rate among schoolchildren and students. Average IQ in South Korea is 106.
1. Hong Kong
Which nation is the smartest in the world? It turns out that the Chinese are in the lead! Purely technically, Hong Kong is not a country - it is a "special administrative region" in China. However, Hong Kong cannot be ignored as it is home to millions of people with the highest IQs. Hong Kong students win prizes at the world olympiads in mathematics and natural sciences. It has the best education system after Finland. Many students in Hong Kong take additional courses outside educational institution to improve your education and future prospects. This kind of thirst for knowledge is rather surprising, however, it is clear that the hard mental work of the people of Hong Kong has paid off in full. Their average IQ is 107.
We all know that Jews are the smartest people in the world. In any forum, they are ready to enlighten us about this and endlessly give examples, convince and convince. One has only to doubt the great truth about the Clever Jew - and one should instantly respond like this: - The people who consider themselves the smartest, and it always has been, where you saw the Jew occupying the penultimate places in mathematical Olympiads, but the Jews have always been the smartest, the best doctors, the best teachers, the most successful and richest people in the world are Jews. Yes, yes, it is true, we believe. For example, let's open the website of the International Mathematical Olympiad (International Mathematical Olympiad is the oldest of the international scientific Olympiads for schoolchildren, is held annually) and see the results. But first I will describe what the essence of the competition is. Each country is represented by a team consisting of no more than six participants, a leader and a supervisor. Officially, the MMO is a personal championship, each participant speaks for himself and gains personal points. The total points of the country (team) - unofficial, but calculated. Participants must be under 20 years of age and not attending a university. Participants are asked to solve 6 problems (three problems per day, for two days in a row), each of which is worth 7 points, so the possible maximum is 42 points. Problems are selected from different areas of school mathematics, mainly from geometry, number theory, algebra and combinatorics. They do not require knowledge of higher mathematics and often have a beautiful and short solution. For example, problem 6 for 2007 is solved almost in one move by the combinatorial zero theorem. In general, there is nothing super complicated there, but participants must have brains in their heads and some knowledge of school curriculum. The last (50th) MMO took place in Bremen, Germany, on July 10-22, 2009. Let's see the results: First place - China, 6 gold medals. Second place - Japan, 5 gold and 1 bronze Third place - Russia, 5 gold and 1 silver Paradoxically - stupid Ivans won medals more Japan, but lost to the Japanese in terms of team scores. 4th place - South Korea 5th place - North Korea 6th place - USA 7th place - Thailand 8th place - Turkey 9th place - Germany By the way, the US team is very funny - there is not a single real American or even a white person in it. Entirely visiting Asians, Indians and Pakistanis. 15th place - Iran 16th place - Brazil smart jews? And here they are - 46th place. They were even ahead of the Turkmens, Uzbeks and Tajiks. That is, Rafshan and Dzhamshut are smarter than Izya and Abram. It must be understood that the top ten is the world elite, nations with the smartest future, and the fact that Turkey has entered there is symptomatic. The second ten are extremely worthy places, the countries are intellectually developed, and the presence of Iran there is also no coincidence. Well, places below the 40th are the world's sewer. Tupari idiotovichi brakes. Countries with lowered low-population and inefficient education even at the level of elites. But, of course, we know that these are all the machinations of anti-Semites. Moreover, the Olympiad was in Germany. Well, let's see the previous results, 49th IMO - Madrid, Spain, July 10-22, 2008: 1st place - China, 5 gold and 1 silver medals 2nd place - Russia, 6 gold medals 3rd place - USA, 4 gold 2 silver The same paradox - stupid Ivans are all in gold, they scored more medals than China, but they lost to them in terms of team points. 4th place - South Korea 5th place - Iran 6th place - Thailand 7th place - North Korea 8th place - Turkey 9th place - Taiwan (the same China, profile view) As you can see, Japan was not lucky this time, it is in 11th place. But lucky for Iran. But in general, all the same familiar faces. 16th place - Brazil. Stable result. Where is Israel? And here he is - 27th place, a step above the birthplace of the great mathematicians of Mongolia. And this was very lucky for the Jews, because at the previous 48th MMO their place was - 50th. So they hang out - they will fall into the cesspool of the fifth decade, then they will jump up and cling to the third, but never in recent history these smartest people on the planet did not rise above 25th place. Here is such a conspiracy of anti-Semites. This is obvious, because not once in the 50-year-old history of the International Mathematical Olympiad was not held in the country of the smartest people - Israel. But perhaps in the field of physics smartest people Are the planets doing better? Unfortunately, anti-Semites have dug in there too. Never in the history of the International Physics Olympiad have Israeli participants received even the most meager prize. The Chinese - as much as they like, Korea - yes, even the Mexicans, Romanians and Puerto Ricans received - but not the Jews. You can check it yourself on Wikipedia and on the official website of the Olympiad. I'll tell you more - the anti-Semitic conspiracy also covered the field of computer science, biology, and in general all areas of applied knowledge. Nowhere, well, absolutely nowhere do graduates of Israeli schools shine. Now, if we were to hold an Olympiad on the Torah, or on shooting from an American M-16 rifle at Palestinian teenagers throwing stones, and even on the territory of Israel, then the damned goyim would definitely be put to shame by the brilliant Jewish intellect. Watch a movie about the mind of the Jews: http://www.youtube.com However, I will say this: contrary to the existing stereotype, if a person knows mathematics or chess well, this does not mean at all that he is smart. Moreover, if he does not know mathematics and cannot play chess, this does not mean at all that he is a fool. Although, the trend is, frankly, anti-Semitic. However, it will be objected to me that in the USSR there were a huge number of brilliant Jewish mathematicians, physicists, chess players, and anyone else. And I agree. And it's not even that the Jews are more active than other nations went to universities. And not even that they dragged their own. For thousands of mediocrity dragged by the ears, there were both just smart people and just geniuses. The fact is that these Jews lived on Russian soil. And they were able to put geniuses on it. The same applies to other nations. Geniuses grew up on Russian soil among Armenians, among Tajiks and among Georgians. And among anyone. But their own national soil could not, before the arrival of the Russians, and cannot now give such a number of geniuses. Or just some amount smart people. The same applies to other properties of the satellite peoples of the Russian people. During the war, those peoples who, without the Russians, left no trace in history, gave hundreds and thousands of heroes: Ossetians, Georgians, Jews, Chukchi. The strength of the Russians has weakened so far. And these peoples stopped generating so many heroes, brilliant doctors, talented scientists, and so on... A simple confirmation of my thought: the USSR occupied a leading position in the chess world. But almost all grandmasters were Jews: Karpov, Kasparov, Kamsky. Who else is there. For an anti-Semite, this is an indicator that the Jews have crawled into the grain places everywhere. For a Judophile, an indicator of the genius of the Jewish nation. But the fact remains: neither in Israel, nor in the USA there are Kasparovs, Kamskys, or Karpovs in such numbers. Who created the MiG? Mikoyan and Gurevich. And MI is Mil. But neither Armenia nor Israel could give birth to either Mikoyan or Gurevich on their soil. Geniuses need a lot of space to grow.
