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2025-06-11 19:20:09 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The number is not based on actual IQ testing in Haiti. It comes from a decades-old book co-authored by an Irish academic who was later stripped of his title. The book used a questionable methodology based on data from neighboring countries to estimate IQ averages for Haiti. https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/09/fact-check-haitis-average-iq-is-not-67.html

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• The number is not based on actual IQ testing in Haiti. It comes from a decades-old book co-authored by an Irish academic who was later stripped of his title. The book used a questionable methodology based on data from neighboring countries to estimate IQ averages for Haiti. https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/09/fact-check-haitis-average-iq-is-not-67.html