Which peoples of the world are considered the smartest. The smartest country in the world, and where is Russia on this list

Is an entire country cool? Is it fair to say that one nation is cooler than another? - asks CNN. Considering that in most countries there are murderers, tyrants and reality TV stars, the answer is unequivocal - yes, and CNN took it upon itself to answer its own question.

To sort the coolest from the less fortunate, we've compiled this list of the most stylish people on the planet. Not an easy task when dealing with nearly 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 which people are the coolest in the world and he will say “Kyrgyz”. Who knows (seriously, who could have known?), Maybe he is right. Ask a Norwegian and, after thoroughly chewing on a piece of Thai green curry, he will take a sip of Thai Singha beer, take a thoughtful look at the Thai resort of Phuket and the sun that escapes his country for 10 months a year, and then quietly mumbles 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 Are Russians not cool because some wear outdated tracksuits and wrestling hairstyles?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 rated 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 cool people. Also, it's wise to include Chinese on any list, for example, because if we didn't, China's resourceful hackers would simply break into the site and add themselves anyway.

Not to mention that they managed to accumulate most world currency.

Icon of coolness: Brother Sharp is a homeless man whose appearance unwittingly made him experience internet fashion.

Not so cool: the concept of personal integrity is still largely unknown in the Celestial Empire.

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 with the highest population in Africa chooses not to care for wild animals like some other safari countries.

Icon of coolness: Mpool Kwelagobe. Crowned Miss Universe 1999, Quelagobe has truly “made the world a better place” and fights tirelessly for HIV / AIDS awareness.

Not so cool: Botswana is a leader in the spread of HIV / AIDS in the world.

8. Japanese

We are clearly not going to talk about the salaries of the Japanese, their jobs and karaoke, where each of them introduces himself as Elvis. The Japanese torch of coolness is brazenly held in their hands by Japanese teens, whose whims and twisted modern consumerism, fashion and technology often dictate what the rest of the world will wear (we mean you, Lady Gaga).

Icon of the Cool: Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may have been the world's coolest leader, but former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is our choice. Forget teenagers, this guy is a style expert, especially when it comes to shirts.

Not so cool: Japan's population is aging rapidly. The future is very gray.

7. Spaniards

What for? With sun, sea, sand, siesta and sangria, Spain is cool. The Spaniards don't even start the party until most other countries go to bed.

It's a pity that everyone has to go home.

Icon of the Cool: Javier Bardem. Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz.

Not so cool: we still remember the failure of the Spanish basketball team in China in 2008.

6. Koreans

Always ready to drink, refusing to participate in the endless rounds of drinking soju vodka is a personal insult in Seoul. Saying "one-shot!" Can make friends with Koreans and become the best buddies in the world. Koreans are leaders in almost all current trends in music, fashion and cinema. They dominate and have earned the right to brag a little when this one-shot! turns into 10 or 20.

Icon of coolness: Park Chang-wook has achieved cult status among emo movie actors around the world.

Not so cool: Kimchi flavor.

5. Americans

What? Americans? Intimidating by wars, polluting the planet, arrogant, armed Americans?

Let's leave global politics aside. Wherever hipsters today were without rock and roll, classic Hollywood films, great American romances, blue jeans, jazz, hip-hop, “The Sopranos,” and cool surfing?

Okay, someone else could have come up with the same thing, but the fact is that it was America that came up with it.

Icon of coolness: Matthew McConaughey: Whether he's playing rom-com, stuck in astronauts and cowboys, he's still cool.

Not so cool: pre-emptive military strikes, accidental incursions, predatory consumption, pitiful maths, and Walmart's fat fruits automatically put Americans on any “naughty” list.

4. Mongols

The air here is filled with some kind of mystery. These imperturbable souls who love freedom, lead a nomadic lifestyle, preferring throat singing and a yurt. Everything from fur - boots, coats, hats. This adds its splendor to the historical mysticism. Who else keeps eagles as pets?

Icon of coolness: Actress Khulan Chuluun, who played the wife of Genghis Khan in the very cool film "Mongol".

Not so cool: Yaks and dairy products with every meal.

Jamaicans are the envy of the English-speaking world and have the most distinctive and recognizable hairstyle on the planet. Note to tourists: Dreadlocks only look cool on Jamaicans.

Icon of coolness: Usain Bolt. Most fast man and a nine-time Olympic champion.

Not so cool: high level murder and widespread homophobia.

2. Singaporeans

Think about it: in this digital age, where blogging and updating Facebook is pretty much everything today's youth is interested in, old school concepts have been rebooted. The geeks now inherit the Earth.

With its absurdly computer-literate population, Singapore is a geek hub, and its inhabitants can claim their rightful place as the avatars of modern coolness. They're probably all tweeting about it now.

Icon of coolness: Lim Ding Wen. This child prodigy could program in six computer languages ​​at the age of nine. A glorious future awaits him.

Not so cool: with everyone freezing in computers, the local government is actually encouraging Singaporeans to have sex.

1.Brazilians

Without the Brazilians, we would not have samba and the 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 sexual reputations as a cover to kill dolphins or invade Poland, so we have no choice but to call Brazilians the coolest people on the planet.

So, if you are Brazilian and reading this - congratulations! Although, since you're sitting in front of your computer and not showing off your cubes on the beach, you probably don't feel cool.

Icon of coolness: Seu Jorge. Thanks to Bowie's Portuguese, you want Ziggy Stardust from Brazil, not space.

Not so cool: Mmmmm, Brazilian meat and cocoa - delicious but destruction agriculture huge tracts of rainforest leaves a bitter aftertaste.

The most universal indicator that can be used to determine the genius of a particular nation is the number of Nobel Prizes received by representatives of countries, the Vesti-Finance portal believes. Total number Nobel laureates is 876.

Arthur Schopenhauer wrote that talent achieves a goal that no one can achieve; genius - one that no one can see. The number of Nobel laureates makes it possible to imagine quite accurately how this or that country is represented on the intellectual arena of the world.

Italy: 20 Nobel laureates
Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli and perhaps the most man of genius of all time, Leonardo da Vinci lived too long ago to receive the Nobel Prize. But the Italians still managed to make a breakthrough in some areas.

Austria: 21 Nobel laureates
Although Austria is only ninth in our ranking, it is the seventh largest country in the world in terms of the number of award winners per capita.

Canada: 22 Nobel laureates
Canada can be thanked for the medical hero Frederick Bunting, who discovered insulin in 1921 and remains the youngest recipient of the medical award. Most of all Canadian Nobel Prize winners received it for their achievements in the field of chemistry.

Russia: 23 Nobel laureates
Even without Pushkin and Dostoevsky, who could have become Nobel laureates, Russia can boast of some of the greatest literary achievements in the history of mankind. In addition, Russia has achieved breakthrough results in quantum electronics, electromagnetic radiation, semiconductors, superfluids and other things that few ordinary people can understand.

Switzerland: 25 Nobel laureates
In Switzerland, the number of Nobel laureates per capita is five times that of Canada and 15 times that of Russia. Among all the winners of the award, Albert Einstein stands out, who, although born in Germany, did most of the most important research in Switzerland.

Sweden: 29 Nobel laureates
Sweden - home country Alfred Nobel, and here is the headquarters of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, so it is not surprising that this country is in the top five.

France: 59 Nobel laureates
Traditionally, France is one of the leaders of fresh ideas in art, philosophy and literature.

Germany: 104 Nobel laureates
Scientists from Germany receive Nobel Prizes in various fields. So, for example, in 1918 Max Planck received it for his quantum theory, and Werner Heisenberg - for the creation of quantum mechanics.

United Kingdom: 121 Nobel laureates
British scientists have received the Nobel Prize almost every year since the inception of the prize.

USA: 356 Nobel laureates
More than a third of the scientists who have ever received a Nobel Prize were from the United States. And this country has left behind all other countries of comparable size in terms of the number of laureates per capita, including the entire European Union.

The debate about who is the smartest people in the world continues, but now they went to new level... Subjective assessments are giving way to research, and comparison criteria are becoming more impartial.

Russians

There are still not so many indicators claiming objectivity 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 laureates of scientific prizes, primarily the Nobel Prize.


In terms of IQ, Russians are not currently ranked first in the world, ranking only 34th in the ranking. This is primarily 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 for Education", which prohibited any tests. The ban was only lifted in the 1970s.

In terms of the number of Nobel laureates, Russia is also not ahead of the rest of the planet (23 laureates versus 356 in 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 radio, Vladimir Zvorykin is considered the "father of television", Alexander Mozhaisky created the first aircraft, Igor Sikorsky created the first helicopter, the world's first bomber, Alexander Ponyatov designed the world's first VCR, Prokudin-Gorsky made the world's first color photographs, Andrei Sakharov created the first hydrogen bomb, Gleb Kotelnikov - the first knapsack parachute, Vladimir Fedorov developed the world's first automatic machine, 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 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 classics writers.

The peoples of Southeast Asia and the Japanese

The leaders in the level of intelligence are consistently found to be the countries of Southeast Asia. Professors Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen (University of Ulster), authors of the IQ and Wealth of Nations and IQ and Global Inequality studies, believe that this is due to the high competition among students, with a strict Asian discipline. Scientists have also found a diet with big amount vegetables and seafood.

The first place in terms of intelligence among Asian countries is occupied by China, and especially its Hong Kong region, where special conditions for the growth of indicators in natural and exact sciences. So, particular popularity in Hong Kong in recent times acquire schools in which, in their free time, students are encouraged to engage in ... study. This thirst for knowledge bears fruit. In the ranking of education, Hong Kong was second only to Finland. Average level IQ in Hong Kong - 107 - first in the world.

In second place after 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 ready 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.

Talking about smart Asian peoples, one cannot fail to mention the Japanese, who are recognized leaders in the field of high technology. The scientific leap began 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.

The British

Petr Kapitsa said that the level of intelligence of a nation can be assessed by scientific discoveries, which were made by her representatives. Considering the achievements of the peoples, the scientist came to the conclusion that the smartest nation at the moment are the British. The British have really 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. Great among the British and the number of laureates Nobel Prize, British scientists have received the award almost every year since its inception. 121 English scientists received the Nobel Prize.

In terms of the level of development of science, Great Britain still occupies the first places today, the citation index of British scientists is the first among the peoples of the Old World.

However, it must also be said that since the late 1980s the system 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 allocated for such research, which would not have been given a pound before. From here today we have such a meme as "British scientists". Thanks to good funding, British scientists conduct a lot of research, the need for which for the development of science is questionable.

Jews

The contribution of Jews to world science and culture can hardly be overestimated. Despite the fact that Jews make up only 0.2% of the world's population, according to data for 2011, of the 833 Nobel Prize winners, 186 are Jews. Thus, there are 13.2 Nobel Prize winners per million Jews.

The debate about who is the smartest people in the world continues, but now they have reached a new level. Subjective assessments are giving way to research, and comparison criteria are becoming more impartial.

Russians
There are still not so many indicators claiming objectivity 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 laureates of scientific prizes, primarily the Nobel Prize. In terms of IQ, Russians are currently far from the first place in the world, ranking only 34th in the rating. 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 for Education", which prohibited any tests. The ban was only lifted in the 1970s.

In terms of the number of Nobel laureates, Russia is also not ahead of the rest of the planet (23 laureates versus 356 in 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 radio, Vladimir Zvorykin is considered the "father of television", Alexander Mozhaisky created the first aircraft, Igor Sikorsky created the first helicopter, the world's first bomber, Alexander Ponyatov designed the world's first VCR, Prokudin-Gorsky made the world's first color photographs, Andrei Sakharov created the first hydrogen bomb, Gleb Kotelnikov - the first knapsack parachute, Vladimir Fedorov developed the world's first automatic machine, 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 Russians are one of the smartest peoples in the world disappear by themselves. And this is without taking into account the contribution of our classics writers to the world culture.

The peoples of Southeast Asia and the Japanese
The leaders in the level of intelligence are consistently found to be the countries of Southeast Asia. Professors Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen (University of Ulster), authors of the IQ and Wealth of Nations and IQ and Global Inequality studies, believe that this is due to the high competition among students, with a strict Asian discipline. Scientists have also found a diet rich in vegetables and seafood as beneficial for developing intelligence. The first place in terms of intelligence among Asian countries is occupied by China, and especially its Hong Kong region, where special conditions have developed for the growth of indicators in the natural and exact sciences. So, schools in which, in their free time from studying, are encouraged to do ... study, have recently gained particular popularity in Hong Kong. This thirst for knowledge bears fruit. In the ranking of education, Hong Kong was second only to Finland. The average IQ level in Hong Kong is 107 - the first place in the world. In second place after 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 ready 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 industry. The scientific leap began in Japan after the war, today the University of Tokyo is one of the best in Asia and is included in the ranking of the 25 best universities in the world, the literacy rate among the Japanese is 99%, the IQ level is 105.

The British
Petr Kapitsa said that the level of intelligence of a nation can be assessed by the scientific discoveries made by its representatives. Considering the achievements of the peoples, the scientist came to the conclusion that the smartest nation at the moment are the British. The British have really 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. The number of Nobel Prize winners is also great among the British; British scientists have been receiving the prize almost every year since its inception. 121 English scientists received the Nobel Prize. In terms of the level of development of science, Great Britain still occupies the first places today, the citation index of British scientists is the first among the peoples of the Old World. However, it must also be said that since the late 1980s, the system of English education and science, having moved away from regulation and strict government control, began to lose ground. Education ceased to be elitist, and money began to be allocated for such research, which would not have been given a pound before. From here today we have such a meme as "British scientists". Thanks to good funding, British scientists conduct a lot of research, the need for which for the development of science is questionable.

Jews
The contribution of Jews to world science and culture can hardly be overestimated. Despite the fact that Jews make up only 0.2% of the world's population, according to data for 2011, of the 833 Nobel Prize winners, 186 are Jews. Thus, there are 13.2 Nobel Prize winners per million Jews. The Swiss and the Swedes, who are following, 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, 9 times received the Nobel Peace Prize. Of the three hundred and a half American Nobel laureates, nearly forty percent - 36.8 - are Jews.

Germans
Germany since the Middle Ages has been the center of European scientific thought. The first universities were opened here and scientific centers, for education in Germany went from all over Europe. Johann Gutenberg, Rudolf Diesel, Johannes Keppler, Max Planck, Gottfried Leibniz, Konrad Roentgen, Karl Benz are known to everyone. German philosophers Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer became classics of philosophy. Germany ranks third in the number of Nobel Prize winners, lagging only behind the United States and Great Britain.

We all know that Jews are the smartest people in the world. In any forum we are ready to enlighten us about this and endlessly give examples, persuade and overpersuade. One has only to doubt the great truth about the Clever Jew, and instantly one should reply like this: - The people who consider themselves the smartest, but it has always been so, where you saw a Jew occupying the penultimate places in mathematical Olympiads, but the Jews were always the smartest, the best doctors, best teachers, the most successful and richest people in the world are Jews. Yes, yes, everything is so, we believe. For example, let's open the website of the International math olympiad(The International Mathematical Olympiad is the oldest of the international scientific Olympiads for schoolchildren, held annually) and see the results. But first, I'll describe what the competition is about. Each country is represented by a team of no more than six members, a leader and scientific advisor... Officially, IMO is a personal championship, each participant speaks for himself and collects personal points. The sum of the points of the country (team) is unofficial, but calculated. Participants must be no older than 20 years old and not enrolled in a university. Participants are invited to solve 6 problems (three problems a day, for two days in a row), each of which is estimated at 7 points, so that the maximum possible is 42 points. Tasks are selected from different areas 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 in almost one move by the combinatorial zero theorem. In general, there is nothing super complicated there, but the participants must have brains in their heads and some knowledge of school curriculum... The last (50th) IMO was held in Bremen, Germany, 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 scored more medals than Japan, but lost to the Japanese in total team points. 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 man in it. Mostly visiting Asians, Indians and Pakistanis. 15th place - Iran 16th place - Brazil Where is it smart Jews? And here they are - 46th place. Even the Turkmen, Uzbeks and Tajiks were ahead of them. That is, Rafshan and Dzhamshut are smarter than Izya and Abram. It should be understood that the top ten are the world elite, nations with the smartest future, and the fact that Turkey entered it 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, the places below 40 are the world's cesspool. Tupari idiotovichi brake lovers. Countries with a low population density and education inoperable even at the elite level. But, of course, we know - this is all the machinations of anti-Semites. Moreover, the Olympiad was in Germany. Well, let's see the previous results, 49 MMOs - 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 in the total 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 Iran was lucky. But in general, all the same familiar faces. 16th place - Brazil. Stable result. Where is Israel? And here he is - 27th place, a step higher than the homeland 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 cloaca of the fifth decade, then they will jump 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 history of the International Mathematical Olympiad was held in the country of the smartest people - Israel. But maybe in the field of physics, the smartest people Are the planets doing better? Unfortunately, anti-Semites have dug in there too. Never in the history of the International Physics Olympiad, participants from Israel have not received even the most seedy prize there. The Chinese - as much as you 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 informatics, biology, and in general all areas of applied knowledge. Nowhere, well, absolutely nowhere, do graduates of Israeli schools shine. Now, if we held an Olympiad in Torah, or shooting an American M-16 rifle at Palestinian teenagers throwing stones, and even in 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 does not know how to play chess, this does not mean at all that he is a fool. Although, the trend is, frankly, anti-Semitic. However, they will object to me that in the USSR there was great amount genius Jewish mathematicians, physicists, chess players, and anyone else. And I will agree. And the point is not even that Jews more actively than other nations went to universities. And not even that they were dragging their own. For thousands of mediocrities dragged by the ears, there were simply clever people and just geniuses. The fact is that these Jews lived on Russian soil. And geniuses were able to put on it. The same applies to other nations. Geniuses grew up on Russian soil among Armenians, Tajiks and 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 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 have ceased to generate 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 the grandmasters were Jews: Karpov, Kasparov, Kamsky. Who else is there. For an anti-Semite, this is an indicator that the Jews have crawled into places of bread everywhere. For the Judophile, an indicator of the genius of the Jewish nation. But the fact remains: neither Israel nor the United States have such numbers of their own, neither the Kasparovs, nor the Kamsky, nor the Karpovs. 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 own soil. Geniuses require a lot of space to grow.