Understandable. Not 'mental ability' generally but specifically creativity/ingenuity as in coming up with solutions that others would not think about.
Consider, a group that views the brightest bulb as best will see the focus on individual achievement, where a group that views the tallest blade of grass as the first to get trimmed will tend to have people that don't want to stick their head out. Keep that mentality for a thousand years and it becomes an ingrained "habit" that's tough to break.
Also consider, being able to note differences is not racist, but viewing those through the lens of "better or worse than" can become that. Just like pointing out that women are generally physically smaller is not sexist but saying that women are inferior because of their size, if not is closer.
Fair point, I just wonder where you've drawn this conclusion from. If it's from extensive experience working with Chinese people or whatever fine, but felt like you've formed that opinion on some pre-conceived bias. Thanks for a sensible response :)
It is a cultural point; they live in a culture which does not and has not historically fostered creative types. They have for centuries fostered obedience.
Whether this is purely a cultural phenomena or a biological one will not be known until they are free and years of allowing expression are allowed to happen.
Without the authoritarian lid on their creativity we may find their creativeness equals or surpasses the west. But we can't know the outcome for decades.
I don't remember where I had first heard/read that analysis.
If anything I've seen more to suggest that it's a concept with merit, look, the legit white supremacists don't gain support because the issues raised are without merit. (Although, white supremacy doesn't make sense when considering all generalized metrics because that would be like cheering for performing on the better side of average)
Understandable. Not 'mental ability' generally but specifically creativity/ingenuity as in coming up with solutions that others would not think about.
Consider, a group that views the brightest bulb as best will see the focus on individual achievement, where a group that views the tallest blade of grass as the first to get trimmed will tend to have people that don't want to stick their head out. Keep that mentality for a thousand years and it becomes an ingrained "habit" that's tough to break.
Also consider, being able to note differences is not racist, but viewing those through the lens of "better or worse than" can become that. Just like pointing out that women are generally physically smaller is not sexist but saying that women are inferior because of their size, if not is closer.
Fair point, I just wonder where you've drawn this conclusion from. If it's from extensive experience working with Chinese people or whatever fine, but felt like you've formed that opinion on some pre-conceived bias. Thanks for a sensible response :)
It is a cultural point; they live in a culture which does not and has not historically fostered creative types. They have for centuries fostered obedience.
Whether this is purely a cultural phenomena or a biological one will not be known until they are free and years of allowing expression are allowed to happen.
Without the authoritarian lid on their creativity we may find their creativeness equals or surpasses the west. But we can't know the outcome for decades.
I don't remember where I had first heard/read that analysis.
If anything I've seen more to suggest that it's a concept with merit, look, the legit white supremacists don't gain support because the issues raised are without merit. (Although, white supremacy doesn't make sense when considering all generalized metrics because that would be like cheering for performing on the better side of average)