Indonesia deserves seriousness when corruption is prosecuted. Serious facts. Serious data. Serious accountability. Yet in the high-profile Chromebook corruption trial involving former education minister Nadiem Makarim, the nation has been fed something else: a dramatic, emotionally charged, but scientifically hollow claim that Indonesian children allegedly have an average IQ of 78, and that the failed Chromebook program reflects — or even contributes to — such intellectual decline. To subscribe please click here
