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The populations of Japan and China score higher than almost all Western countries on psychometric tests, so why have there been so few “geniuses” produced by these countries? Is “genius” a Eurocentric concept?
As a corollary of that, why do the Chinese just copy American technology through reverse engineering and industrial espionage instead of creating their own? Yes, it is easier, but also derivative and destines them for second rate status.
https://voegelinview.com/what-constitutes-genius-beyond-iq-and-the-importance-of-creative-individualism/Utter nonsense.
He hopes that China, which has been industrialized more than a century later than the developed countries, will immediately have the same R & D capability? And he may have never heard of Posterior chamber intraocular lenses (IOLs), thin film solar cells, etc.
Or he should ask who invented the compass and gunpowder. Or ask where those most accurate calculation results of PI in history appear.
Incidentally, many late developing industrial countries in history have carried out large-scale technology plagiarism, including many that currently look like "glamorous". This stage of development in China and India happens to be in the author's life. It is interesting to see how he binds this behavior to a certain nation.
Obvious ignorance and western centralism, sorry.
Equating "not knowing" with "not being" makes people doubt the author's
own intelligence.
(Although contemporary China's rigid academic system is certainly one thing.)
In addition, the article mentioned that the recent generations were not as smart as the ancients, because they did not seem to have so many creative talents.
As each discipline becomes more and more sophisticated and complex, anyone trying to build new achievements will need to spend more time studying and researching in more detailed fields - the latter will obviously not be so well known to the public.
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15 Jun 2022, 6:20 am
