East Asians are the smartest people in the world?

[Dandelion]

It was 80% notlong ago. True intellectual society.

Pfff. It also took as long as the late 19th century before the common folk could read and write in most European countries. I would even argue early 20th century at that depending on the country. Among the earliest Europeans with near 100% literacy were the Swedes (or rather Swedish Empire).

[Ziveth]

Yes. Here there is a world IQ map:
https://static.iq-research.info/2015...by_country.png