Throughout history, the countries with the smartest people has shifted from one ethnic group to another. Egyptian, Persian, greek, roman and chinese empires were all the most powerful empires in the world over the past 2000 years. They were mostly of different ethnicities and weren't white. Also the romans being white is just complete nonsense, the ancient roman historians described the romans having Mediterranean features in comparison to germans having western european features in contrast.
My point is that what determines the smartest ethnic groups are just circumstantial luck which allows the populace to take over neighboring countries, trade routes, and to acquire knowledge and advancements. Whites aren't just better than everybody else, contrary to what white supremacists would want you to believe.
This is an interesting point. Would you say all Noah's sons were intelligent? I think one became a fool but does that mean his progeny are also foolish and therefore not intelligent? Are intelligence and foolishness different metrics?
I also think about all the people with Nimrod, they were both super intelligent and extremely foolish. Babel had all races right?
If I had to pick the smartest people I've heard about I'd say Job was very intelligent and wealthy. Abraham was smart but also not wise at times. Noah was very intelligent and obedient. David was very smart and a great king and soldier and even he fell into stupidity. Solomon was supposedly great in wisdom and dumb in smart action..
I tend to think Joseph was the smartest of all his brothers, but he never made himself superior to them, which speaks to his wisdom, I think.
This is, obviously, not an exhaustive history of intelligence, just some examples close to my mind.
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