Asians have high IQ but don't win Nobel prizes because they have low curiosity. Japanese low but Chinese much lower. Confucius to blame?
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Replying to @JamesPsychol
@JamesPsychol@CarlosEstebanRD I'd be inclined to re-formulate "low curiosity" as "low orneriness" (Confucius surely more of a consequence).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness Is this also an inbreeding vs outbreeding thing? (haven't managed to read much@hbdchick yet, but have been intending to)2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@mr_archenemy@outsideness don't think so. prolly just the "hammering down of the nails sticking up" thing, imho. (^_^)2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @hbdchick
@hbdchick@mr_archenemy Yes, but what is that "hammering down of the nails sticking up" thing? Millennia up a against Malthusian limits?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
.@outsideness @mr_archenemy yeah, dunno. ? confucianism obv all about hammering down, but it's prolly older than that. got no other ideas!
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